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Malvales
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Placement
- Kingdom Plantae
- Subkingdom Tracheobionta
- Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants
- Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons
- Subclass Dilleniidae
- Order Malvales
Synonyms and common names
none noted
Reference
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21500as of 2002-06-04
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Families- Bombacaceae[?] (bombax) - 9 genera
- Elaeocarpaceae[?] - 4 genera
- Malvaceae (mallow) - 47 genera
- Scytopetalaceae[?] - Empty in ITIS - In Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/scytopet.htm with 5 genera and 20 species - Cladist put this in Ericales
- Sterculiaceae[?] (sterculia) - 17 genera
- Tiliaceae[?] (basswood) - 11 genera
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