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Malvaceae Mallow Family ca. 200 genera />2300 species Hisbiscus (rose mallow) Abutilon (Indian mallow) Sphaeralcea (globemallow) Malvastrum Sida Anoda Gossypium (cotton) Malvaceae Life Form Flowers and Inflorescence Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs. Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx. Stems and Leaves Reproductive Structures Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes. Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit. Perianth Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud. Fruit Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry. Malvaceae Life Form Flowers and Inflorescence Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs. Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx. Stems and Leaves Reproductive Structures Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes. Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit. Perianth Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud. Fruit Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry. Malvaceae Malvaceae Malvaceae Life Form Flowers and Inflorescence Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs. Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx. Stems and Leaves Reproductive Structures Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes. Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit. Perianth Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud. Fruit Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry. Malvaceae Connate sepals Stellate hairs Malvaceae Malvaceae Life Form Flowers and Inflorescence Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs. Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx. Stems and Leaves Reproductive Structures Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes. Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit. Perianth Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud. Fruit Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry. Malvaceae Hibiscus sp. Epicalyx Malvaceae Life Form Flowers and Inflorescence Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs. Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx. Stems and Leaves Reproductive Structures Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes. Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit. Perianth Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud. Fruit Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry. Malvaceae Parted stigma Stamens are monadelphous Epicalyx = involucre that resembles outer calyx Malvaceae (united by filaments and forming a tube around gynoecium) Life Form Flowers and Inflorescence Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs. Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx. Stems and Leaves Reproductive Structures Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes. Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit. Perianth Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud. Fruit Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry. Malvaceae Spharalcea sp. Malvaceae S. laxa S. fendleri Malvaceae