Malva_hispanica

<i>Malva hispanica</i>

Malva hispanica

Species of plant in the genus Malva

Malva hispanica, the Spanish mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the western Mediterranean.[1] Uniquely in its genus, Malva hispanica flowers possess a bilobed epicalyx, which is derived from an ancestral trimerous structure and represents a loss of the adaxial epicalyx lobe.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Malva hispanica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    Bello, María A.; Martínez-Asperilla, Aránzazu; Fuertes-Aguilar, Javier (2016). "Floral development of Lavatera trimestris and Malva hispanica reveals the nature of the epicalyx in the Malva generic alliance". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181: 84–98. doi:10.1111/boj.12391.


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