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|accepted_name=Meximalva
|accepted_authority=Fryxell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bol. Soc. Bot. México
|place=35: 30, fig. 2. 1975
|year=1975
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Meximalva
|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>[[Meximalva]]</div></div>
|etymology=Country name Mexico and Latin malva, mallow
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 215, 217
|treatment_page=page 302
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs.</b> Stems erect, stellate-tomentose. <b>Leaves</b> distichous and alternate; stipules persistent, linear; blade narrowly ovate or oblong-lanceolate, unlobed, base cordate, margins serrate, surfaces stellate-hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers; involucel absent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobes unribbed, wide-ovate; corolla rotate, dark purple [lavender or purple]; staminal column included; style 7- or 8-branched; stigmas capitate. <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, erect, sometimes nodding, not inflated, oblate, indurate, puberulent; mericarps 7 or 8, 1-celled, without dorsal spur, lateral walls persistent, prominently reticulate, partially dehiscent apically between 2 empty, doubled-walled “horns.” Seeds 1 per mericarp, glabrous (subglabrous) or with a few stellate hairs. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tex.;n;c Mexico.
|discussion=<p>The second species, <i>Meximalva</i> venusta (Schlechtendal) Fryxell, is known only from Mexico.</p><!--
--><p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Meximalva
|author=Paul A. Fryxell†;Steven R. Hill
|authority=Fryxell
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=Tex.;n;c Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bol. Soc. Bot. México
|publication year=1975
|special status=
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Meximalva
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