Malvids

List of malvid families

List of malvid families

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The malvids consist of eight orders of flowering plants: Brassicales, Crossosomatales, Geraniales, Huerteales, Malvales, Myrtales, Picramniales and Sapindales.[lower-alpha 1] This subgroup of the rosids is divided into 59 families of trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants.[4][5]

tree and fruit
Theobroma cacao, the source of chocolate

The cabbage family includes broccoli, turnips and radishes.[6] The ornamental geraniums, and their many hybrids and cultivars, come from five species of Pelargonium.[7] The mallow family includes the plants that yield cocoa beans, Cola nuts, cotton and jute.[8] Pomegranates were cultivated by Bronze Age cultures, and wild water chestnuts were consumed in large quantities by prehistoric Europeans.[9] Eucalyptus trees are the tallest known flowering plants, up to 100 m (330 ft) or more; they are grown for timber and for their oils, used in candy, perfumes and cough medicine.[10] Mangos and cashews come from the same plant family as poison ivy, and can sometimes trigger allergic reactions.[11] Canada produces most of the world's maple syrup, and the maple leaf is the country's national symbol.[12] Citrus agriculture outranks other sweet-fruit industries in warm climates.[13]

Glossary

From the glossary of botanical terms:

The APG IV system is the fourth in a series of plant taxonomies from the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.[2] In this system, Geraniales and Myrtales are basal within the malvids.[15]

Families

More information Total genera; global distribution, Description and uses ...

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Notes

  1. The taxonomy (classification) in this list follows Plants of the World (2017)[1] and the fourth Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system.[2] Total counts of genera for each family come from Plants of the World Online (POWO).[3] (See the POWO license.) Extinct taxa are not included.
  2. Each family's formal name ends in the Latin suffix -aceae and is derived from the name of a genus that is or once was part of the family.[17]
  3. Some plants were named for naturalists (unless otherwise noted).

Citations


  1. Stevens 2023, Summary of APG IV.
  2. ICN, art. 18.
  3. POWO, Akaniaceae.
  4. POWO, Alzateaceae.
  5. POWO, Neotropikey.
  6. Kubitzki 2011, pp. 1–2.
  7. POWO, Anacardiaceae.
  8. POWO, Flora of West Tropical Africa.
  9. POWO, Aphloiaceae.
  10. POWO, Bataceae.
  11. POWO, Biebersteiniaceae.
  12. POWO, Bixaceae.
  13. POWO, Brassicaceae.
  14. POWO, Burseraceae.
  15. POWO, Capparaceae.
  16. POWO, Flora of Tropical East Africa.
  17. POWO, Caricaceae.
  18. POWO, Cistaceae.
  19. POWO, Cleomaceae.
  20. Stearn 2002, p. 100.
  21. Kubitzki 2007, pp. 8–9.
  22. POWO, Combretaceae.
  23. POWO, Crossosomataceae.
  24. POWO, Crypteroniaceae.
  25. POWO, Cytinaceae.
  26. POWO, Dipentodontaceae.
  27. POWO, Dipterocarpaceae.
  28. POWO, Flora of Zambesiaca.
  29. POWO, Emblingiaceae.
  30. POWO, Francoaceae.
  31. POWO, Geissolomataceae.
  32. Stearn 2002, p. 150.
  33. POWO, Geraniaceae.
  34. POWO, Gerrardinaceae.
  35. POWO, Guamatelaceae.
  36. POWO, Gyrostemonaceae.
  37. POWO, Kirkiaceae.
  38. POWO, Koeberliniaceae.
  39. POWO, Limnanthaceae.
  40. POWO, Lythraceae.
  41. POWO, Malvaceae.
  42. POWO, Melastomataceae.
  43. POWO, Meliaceae.
  44. POWO, Moringaceae.
  45. POWO, Muntingiaceae.
  46. POWO, Myrtaceae.
  47. POWO, Neuradaceae.
  48. POWO, Nitrariaceae.
  49. POWO, Onagra.
  50. POWO, Onagraceae.
  51. POWO, Penaeaceae.
  52. POWO, Pentadiplandraceae.
  53. POWO, Petenaeaceae.
  54. POWO, Picramniaceae.
  55. POWO, Resedaceae.
  56. POWO, Rutaceae.
  57. POWO, Salvadoraceae.
  58. POWO, Sapindaceae.
  59. POWO, Sarcolaenaceae.
  60. POWO, Setchellanthaceae.
  61. POWO, Simaroubaceae.
  62. POWO, Sphaerosepalum.
  63. POWO, Sphaerosepalaceae.
  64. POWO, Stachyuraceae.
  65. POWO, Staphyleaceae.
  66. POWO, Strasburgeriaceae.
  67. POWO, Tapisciaceae.
  68. POWO, Thymelaeaceae.
  69. POWO, Tovariaceae.
  70. POWO, Tropaeolaceae.
  71. POWO, Vochysiaceae.

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