Malvaceae sensu lato

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Node. Malvaceae. Malvaceae. Malvaceae. Taxonomy and nomenclature[edit] The circumscription of the Malvaceae is controversial.

The traditional Malvaceae sensu stricto comprise a very homogeneous and cladistically monophyletic group. Another major circumscription, Malvaceae sensu lato, has been more recently defined on the basis that molecular techniques have shown the commonly recognised families Bombacaceae, Tiliaceae, and Sterculiaceae, which have always been considered closely allied to Malvaceae s.s., are not monophyletic groups. Thus, the Malvaceae can be expanded to include all of these families so as to compose a monophyletic group. Malvengewächse. Beschreibung[Bearbeiten] Erscheinungsbild und Laubblätter[Bearbeiten] Sternhaare auf der Unterseite eines getrockneten Blattes der Rosen-Malve (Malva alcea)