Dear friends As Understood now, the family Malvaceae (according to APG III) includes genera formerly included under Malvaceae, Tiliaceae, Sterculiaceae and Bombacaceae. So please also include the genera of these former families under Malvaceae Week. Here is the complete list of genera (total 236):
http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Malvaceae/ -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Very Important link covering all Malvaceae members posted on efloraindia > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/system/app/pages/subPages?path=/species/m---z/m/malvaceae > > > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Some web-links related to family Malvaceae >> If anyone have idea about more links related to this family pls share >> >> >> http://www.flowersofindia.in/risearch/search.php?query=malvaceae&stpos=0&stype=AND >> >> http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxmlv.htm >> >> http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/360675/Malvaceae >> >> http://satishphadke.blogspot.com/2008/09/malvaceae.html >> >> >> http://www.preservearticles.com/201101123092/characteristics-of-the-family-malvaceae.html >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04/sets/72157626405123292/detail/ >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvaceae >> >> http://www.malvaceae.info/ >> >> http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/malv.htm >> >> http://www.hear.org/starr/images/family/?q=malvaceae&o=plants >> >> http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Malvaceae/ >> >> http://www.robsplants.com/family.php?ceae=malvaceae >> >> http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Malvaceae/none/none/cultivar/0/ >> >> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear All >>> Welcome you all to the coming Malvaceae Week. To make this coming week >>> from 05.09.11 to 11.09.11 a great success I need your best wishes >>> and Co-operation in terms of uploading of maximum Identified or >>> unidentified pics of plants from family Malvaceae. >>> Here I am sharing some information about the family. >>> Your suggestions to improve the event are Most Welcome. >>> Hope for the maximum contribution from all >>> >>> *Malvaceae Also called as Mallow family is a dicotyledonous family >>> comprising about 82 genera and 1500 species, distributed * >>> >>> *almost throughout the world and particularly abundant in tropics. * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *In India, this family is represented by 25 genera and about 110 >>> species. These include Annual or perennial herbs to shrubs or small >>> trees.* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Some important floral characters of the family are:* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Plant parts often mucilaginous, leaves stipulated, young stem/ branches >>> often with stellate trichomes* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Flowers axillary, solitary, or in fascicles, racemes or panicles, >>> actinomorphic, usually bisexual, pentamerous. * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Calyx, free or connate, valvate aestivation* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Corolla free, adnate at the base to the staminal tube and falling off >>> with it, twisted; petals 5. * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Stamens usually numerous, monadelphous to form staminal tube which at >>> apex divided into numerous filaments* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Carpels 1 to many, usually in a single whorl, placentation axile; style >>> usually branched into as many as the number of carpels or * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *sometimes twice the number of carpels * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Fruit a dry capsule or schizocarp, rarely baccate, usually dehiscent. * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Seeds with a little endosperm* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Genera represented in India include Hibiscus, Pavonia, Thespesia, Kydia, >>> Gossypium, Alcea, Malva, Abutilon, **Malvastrum, * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Malvaviscus, Sida, Urena, Abelmoschus, Sidastrum,Herissantia, >>> Wissadula, Modiola, Anoda, Decaschistia, Nayariophyton, Fioria, * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Senra, Lavatera, Althaea and Malachra* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Hibiscus and pavonia are large sp represented by about 300 sp and 200 >>> sp worldwide* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Some important Plant include Gossypium sp (Cotton yielding), >>> Abelmoschus esculentus (Vegetable) Thespesia populnea* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *(Avenue Tree), Hibiscus sp, Alcea rosea (Ornamental) etc. * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Thanks* >>> *-- * >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
