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*TYPES* —>
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*aka ‘the mallows’*
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“mal VAY cee eye”
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-the malvaceae are a ‘family’ of ‘flowering plants’ estimated to contain ‘244 genera’ with ‘4225 known species”-
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(well-known ‘members’ of this family include ‘okra’, ‘cotton’, and ‘cacao’)
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(the largest genera in terms of number of species include hibiscus (300 species), sterculia (250 species), dombeya (250 species), pavonia (200 species) and sida (200 ‘species’))
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