Definition of Malvastrum

1. Noun. Genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera.

Exact synonyms: Genus Malvastrum
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malvastrum

Maluku
Malukus
Malus
Malus angustifolia
Malus baccata
Malus coronaria
Malus fusca
Malus ioensis
Malus pumila
Malus sylvestris
Malva
Malva moschata
Malva neglecta
Malva sylvestris
Malvales
Malvastrum (current term)
Malvastrum coccineum
Malvaviscus
Malvina Hoffman
Malvinas
Malvinian
Maléku Jaíka
Mam
Mam'selle
Mama
Mamaw
Mamba
Mambila
Mambwe

Literary usage of Malvastrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"A. Nels 301 Vicia linearis caespitosa A. Neis 301 Euphorbia manca A. Neis 311 Malvastrum dissectum ..."

2. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"Malvastrum COCCINEUM, Gray, Pl . Fendl. p. 24. Gravelly and sandy plains on the ... Malvastrum LEPTOPHYLLUM, Gray, Pl . Wright, 1, p. 17. Ojo de Vaca, &c. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Type species : Malvastrum coccineum (Pursh) A. Gray. in tropical regions. ... Malvastrum angustian A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. (II.) 4: 22. 1848. ..."

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