| | Classification: The Malva Alliance |
 | | The Malva alliance is a group of related genera forming part of subtribe Malvinae, tribe Malveae and subfamily Malvoideae, of the family Malvaceae sensu APG. |
 | | The Malva alliance as here constituted was traditionally divided into the three genera Malope, Malva and Lavatera, the first consisting of those species with capitate fruits and cordate bracteoles, the second of those with unfused bracteoles, and the last of those with fused bracteoles. |
 | | Malva alcea 'Fastigiata'); inflorescence an initially corymbose raceme, lowest flowers in leaf axils, the remainder subtended by short stipule-like bracts; petal veins not constrasting in colour with remainder of petal; petal apices erose; fruit lavateroid or malvoid (some individuals of M. |
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