Information about Island Tree Mallow

Island Tree Mallow
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Lavatera assurgentiflora ssp. glabra

Lavatera assurgentiflora ssp. glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Genus:Lavatera
Species:L. assurgentiflora
Binomial name
Lavatera assurgentiflora
Kellogg


Lavatera assurgentiflora (Mission Mallow, Island Mallow, Royal Mallow[1], Island Tree Mallow; syn. Althaea assurgentifolia (Kellogg) Kuntze [2]) is a plant native to the United States.

References

Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]

Divisions

Green algae
  • Chlorophyta
  • Charophyta
Land plants (embryophytes)
  • Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)

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Magnoliophyta

Classes

Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being
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Malvales
Dumort., 1829

Families

See text

Malvales is the name of an order of flowering plants. As circumscribed by APG II-system, it includes about 6000 species within nine families.
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Malvaceae
Juss.

Subfamilies
Bombacoideae
Brownlowioideae
Byttnerioideae
Dombeyoideae
Grewioideae
Helicteroideae
Malvoideae
Sterculioideae
Tilioideae

Malvaceae
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Lavatera
L.

Species

About 25, see text
Synonyms

Anthema Medic.
Axolopha Alef.
Navaea Webb & Berth
Olbia Medic.
Saviniona Webb & Berth.
Steegia Steud.
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. Usage and terminology are different for zoology and botany.

Zoology

In zoological nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names that pertain to the same taxon, for example
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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