Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 271 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Malva L.

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 184 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 13 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 23 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 359-361 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 4, 53 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 219-221 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 372-373 [secondary reference]

common name: Mallow Family [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 553-554, Fig. 712 [secondary reference]

common name: Mallow Family [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 78 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 205-206 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 219 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 254-256 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 82 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 358-361, Fig. 4-12 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 478-492 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Malvaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 207-208 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Malvaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 62-63 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Malvaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 141-142 [secondary reference]

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 196-197 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 320-340 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Malvaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 200-201 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Malvaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 331-332 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 230-231, 253-254 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Malvaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 75-76 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 320 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 225-311, Figs. 40-64 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tiliaceae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Byttneriaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Bombacaceae Kunth nom. cons.

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 662 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 420 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tiliaceae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Byttneriaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Bombacaceae Kunth nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Sterculiaceae Bartl. nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Berryaceae Doweld legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 276 [secondary reference]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 229 [secondary reference]

common name: Hibiscus Family [n/a]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 112 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tiliaceae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Sterculiaceae Vent. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Sidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pentapetaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fugosiaceae Martinov nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bombacaceae Kunth nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Dombeyaceae Desf. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Triplobaceae Raf. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Philippodendraceae A.Juss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sparmanniaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Plagianthaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Helicteraceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fremontiaceae J.Agardh nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Chiranthodendraceae A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Berryaceae Doweld legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Malvaceae Adans. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Tiliaceae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Sterculiaceae Vent. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Buttneriaceae R.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Byttneriaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Pentapetaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bombacaceae Kunth nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Bromaceae Burnett nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Sparmanniaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Helicteraceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Brownlowiaceae Cheek legitimate

• APC Comment: Bombacaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Bombax, Campostemon and Lagunaria. Brownlowiaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Berrya, Brownlowia and Indagator. Byttneriaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Abroma, Commersonia, Dicarpidium, Hannafordia, Keraudrenia, Kleinhovea, Lasiopetalum, Melochia, Rulingia, Seringia and Waltheria. Helicteraceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Helicteres. Pentapetaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Melhania. Sterculiaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Argyrodendron, Brachychiton, Firmania, Franciscodendron, Heritiera and Sterculia.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI (native and naturalised), AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Floyd, A.G. (2008), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Edn. 2: 204-206 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 518-519, 936 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tiliaceae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Sterculiaceae Vent. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Byttneriaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Bombacaceae Kunth nom. cons.

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 114 [secondary reference]

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