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Genus:
Sphaeralcea
(globemallows) Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid II > Order: Malvales > Family: Malvaceae
About 40-60 species, native to the Americas. Three species
are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Native to Canada and the USA. |
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Sphaeralcea obtusiloba
Native to Chile. |
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Sphaeralcea umbellata
Native to Mexico. |
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