John Lysaght (1832–1895) was born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, into a prosperous family of landowners; his father was William Lysaght (1800–1840), a distant relation of the Lisle baronets.
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It is named after the Malva or Mallow genus, although it initially received the designation 1926 TA.
Botanical interest includes the rare marsh sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris) and marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis).
Malva sylvestris, also known as "common mallow" or "high mallow" or "tall mallow", in family Malvaceae
kernensis, the Kern mallow, is a rare plant known only from western Kern County, California around the tiny community of McKittrick.
In Victoria, Ferdinand von Mueller named the monotypic genus Howittia, an Australian blue-flowered mallow he had found in 1855 after Godfrey, "in acknowledgement of his devotion to botany".
Kings enjoyed planting pines and junipers; mandarins loved growing Thuja orientalis and Casuarina; intellectuals or other notable figures liked Ficus; and lay people devoted themselves to planting mallow (Malva), Tamarindus indica, and Melaleuca leucadendra.
Talipariti elatum, or Blue Mahoe, a species of tree in the mallow family native to the Caribbean
Malva moschata, native to Europe and southwestern Asia, also known as the Musk-mallow
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Malva alcea, native to southern and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, also known as the Greater Musk-mallow
These walled areas have enabled a build-up of soil and the establishment of vegetation, notably tree mallow (Lavatera arborea), which provides nesting cover for the birds.
By the term "Mallow" it refers either to the town of Mallow, County Cork (Gaelic >Magh Ealla, "Plain of the Swans") or to a flowering plant of the Mallow family.
He was born near Mallow in County Cork, the son of John Gillespie and Eliza Sheehan, and was educated at Rathkeale.
It is not related to the ebony of commerce (Diospyros spp.), but is instead a member of the mallow family, Malvaceae.