Family Malvaceae de Jussieu 1789 (mallow)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Parent taxon: Malvales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Knowlton 1919, Knowlton 1926, Li and Oskolski 2015, Mabberley 2000 and Xie and Manchester 2014

Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Echiperiporites, Lakiapollis, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae

Subtaxa: Abutilon Apeiba Aristotelicaulon Bombaciphyllum Bombacoxylon Daberocarpon Discoidites Dombeyoideae Firmiana Guazuma Heritieroxylon Hibiscoxylon Hibiscus Hightea Luehea Malva Malvacarpus Malvacearumpollis Malvaciphyllum Malvastrum Malvocarpon Manihotites Mortoniodendron Sterculia Sterculites Urena Wataria Wheeleroxylon

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (6), the Bahamas (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), India (17), New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Brazil (1), Panama (5), Portugal (2)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (2), Nepal (1), Peru (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (4), Australia (1), Bhutan (1), Brazil (1), China (6), India (2), Panama (12), United States (3: Massachusetts, Montana, Washington)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Japan (1), Peru (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of China (1), Myanmar (45), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3), Colombia (8)

• Paleogene of India (3)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (12: Georgia, Kansas, Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 156 collections including 235 occurrences

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