Some web-links related to family Malvaceae If anyone have idea about more links related to this family pls share
http://www.flowersofindia.in/risearch/search.php?query=malvaceae&stpos=0&stype=AND http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxmlv.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/360675/Malvaceae http://satishphadke.blogspot.com/2008/09/malvaceae.html http://www.preservearticles.com/201101123092/characteristics-of-the-family-malvaceae.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04/sets/72157626405123292/detail/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvaceae http://www.malvaceae.info/ http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/malv.htm http://www.hear.org/starr/images/family/?q=malvaceae&o=plants http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Malvaceae/ http://www.robsplants.com/family.php?ceae=malvaceae http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Malvaceae/none/none/cultivar/0/ On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All > Welcome you all to the coming Malvaceae Week. To make this coming week from > 05.09.11 to 11.09.11 a great success I need your best wishes > and Co-operation in terms of uploading of maximum Identified or > unidentified pics of plants from family Malvaceae. > Here I am sharing some information about the family. > Your suggestions to improve the event are Most Welcome. > Hope for the maximum contribution from all > > *Malvaceae Also called as Mallow family is a dicotyledonous family > comprising about 82 genera and 1500 species, distributed * > > *almost throughout the world and particularly abundant in tropics. * > > * > * > > *In India, this family is represented by 25 genera and about 110 > species.These include Annual > or perennial herbs to shrubs or small trees.* > > * > * > > * > * > > *Some important floral characters of the family are:* > > * > * > > * > * > > *Plant parts often mucilaginous, leaves stipulated, young stem/ branches > often with stellate trichomes* > > * > * > > *Flowers axillary, solitary, or in fascicles, racemes or panicles, > actinomorphic, usually bisexual, pentamerous. * > > * > * > > *Calyx, free or connate, valvate aestivation* > > * > * > > *Corolla free, adnate at the base to the staminal tube and falling off > with it, twisted; petals 5. * > > * > * > > *Stamens usually numerous, monadelphous to form staminal tube which at > apex divided into numerous filaments* > > * > * > > *Carpels 1 to many, usually in a single whorl, placentation axile; style > usually branched into as many as the number of carpels or * > > * > * > > *sometimes twice the number of carpels * > > * > * > > *Fruit a dry capsule or schizocarp, rarely baccate, usually dehiscent. * > > * > * > > *Seeds with a little endosperm* > > * > * > > *Genera represented in India include Hibiscus, Pavonia, Thespesia, Kydia, > Gossypium, Alcea, Malva, Abutilon, **Malvastrum, * > > * > * > > *Malvaviscus, Sida, Urena, Abelmoschus, Sidastrum,Herissantia, Wissadula, > Modiola, Anoda, Decaschistia, Nayariophyton, Fioria, * > > * > * > > *Senra, Lavatera, Althaea and Malachra* > > * > * > > *Hibiscus and pavonia are large sp represented by about 300 sp and 200 sp > worldwide* > > * > * > > *Some important Plant include Gossypium sp (Cotton yielding), Abelmoschus > esculentus (Vegetable) Thespesia populnea* > > * > * > > *(Avenue Tree), Hibiscus sp, Alcea rosea (Ornamental) etc. * > > * > * > > *Thanks* > *-- * > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
