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5 unusual facts about malvaceae


Bean calico mosaic virus

Bean calico mosaic virus (BCaMV or BCMoV) is a plant virus transmitted by whiteflies that infects bean genera and species within the families Fabaceae, Malvaceae, and Solanaceae.

Chickpea bushy dwarf virus

Their researched indicated that the virus was sap-transmissible to 14 species of Chenopodiaceae, Leguminosae, Solanaceae and Malvaceae.

Monito Island

The flora of Monito Island consists of 37 species, 36 genera, and 23 families; the largest families are Cactaceae, Poaceae and Malvaceae.

Montagne des Français

To date, 242 species from 58 families and 158 genera have been described from the Montagne des Français; the five most important families that account for over 40% of the species are the Rubiaceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Sapindaceae.

The Royal Mallows

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.


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Agrius convolvuli

Other recorded foodplant include a wide range of plants in the Araceae, Convolvulaceae, Leguminosae and Malvaceae families.

Ananth Hegde Ashisara

He has put efforts to get arboreal heritage tag to 10 old trees of Karnataka, which include Big Banyan tree, Bangalore (400 years old), Adansonia digitata - Malvaceae, Bijapur Taluk (600 years old), "Pilali" tree Ficus micro corpus, Banavasi, Uttara Kannada etc.

Carcharodus

The larvae feed on various herbs of several different plant families, including Malvaceae and Lamiaceae.

Creeping charlie

Malva sylvestris, also known as "common mallow" or "high mallow" or "tall mallow", in family Malvaceae

Crocidosema

But C. plebejana is an occasional pest of cotton (and some other mostly malvaceous plants) and has become widely distributed by trade in agricultural produce, while the Lantana Flower-cluster Moth (C. lantana) is employed in Lantana biocontrol and has been deliberately introduced to some locations.

Fremontia

Fremontia is a common name for Fremontodendron, a plant genus in the family Malvaceae, formerly known scientifically by the illegitimate name Fremontia Torr.

Friedrich Alefeld

Born in Weiterstadt-Gräfenhausen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, he described a number of plant species in his published works, taking a particular interest in legumes and malvaceae.

Hildegardia

In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae.

Trochetiopsis ebenus

It is not related to the ebony of commerce (Diospyros spp.), but is instead a member of the mallow family, Malvaceae.


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