View source for Malachra ← Malachra You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Malachra |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Syst. Nat. ed. |place=12, 2: 458. 1767 |year=1767 }}{{Treatment/Publication |title=Mant. Pl. |place=1: 13. 1767 |year=1767 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malachra |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malachra]]</div></div> |etymology=Ancient name, perhaps from Greek malache, mallow |volume=Volume 6 |mention_page=page 216 |treatment_page=page 279 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, annual or perennial. <b>Stems</b> erect, puberulent or hispid, not viscid. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules persistent, filiform; blade broadly ovate, lyrate, or palmately 3–5-lobed, base rounded or truncate, margins crenate or serrate, surfaces usually hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary [or terminal], headlike racemes, subtended by prominently veined, sessile or subsessile, boat-shaped bracts; involucel absent [present]. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx not accrescent, not inflated, deeply divided, lobes unribbed or somewhat ribbed, lanceolate-ovate, hispid; corolla yellow, [white or lavender]; staminal column included; styles 10-branched; stigmas capitate. <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, erect, not inflated, oblate, not indurate, glabrous or puberulent; mericarps 5, 1-celled, without dorsal spur, smooth, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per mericarp, glabrous. <b>x</b> = 28.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia (including Malesia);Africa. |discussion=<p>Species 8–10 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Peduncles usually exceeding corresponding petioles; floral bracts deeply cordate; herbage stellate-hairy; fruits glabrous. |[[Malachra capitata|Malachra capitata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Peduncles shorter than corresponding petioles; floral bracts ovate; herbage hispid; fruits minutely puberulent to pubescent. |[[Malachra urens|Malachra urens]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Malachra |author=Paul A. Fryxell†;Steven R. Hill |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Malvaceae |distribution=sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia (including Malesia);Africa. |reference=None |publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.;Mant. Pl. |publication year=1767;1767 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_508.xml |subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae |genus=Malachra }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Malvaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Malachra.