Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao, roselle and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ornamentals, such as Alcea (hollyhock), Malva (mallow), and Tilia. The genera with the largest numbers of species include Hibiscus, Pavonia, Sida, Ayenia, Dombeya, and Sterculia.
Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, muriti, miriti (Brazil), canangucho (Colombia), morete or acho (Ecuador), or aguaje (Peru), is a palm tree. It grows in and near swamps and other wet areas in tropical South America.
The moriche oriole is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It is unrelated to Old World orioles. It is a breeding resident in the tropics of eastern South America. This bird is noted for its close association with the palm Mauritia flexuosa.
Agonis flexuosa is a species of tree that grows in the southwest of Western Australia. It is easily the most common of the Agonis species, and is one of the most recognisable trees of Western Australia, being commonly grown in parks and on road verges in Perth.
Ayenia asplundii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, from sea level to 2,000 meters elevation.
Ayenia ivorensis is a tree in the family Malvaceae that is now classified as extinct. It was identified from a single herbarium specimen collected in the Upper Guinean forests of Ivory Coast.
Ayenia jaramilloana is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland.
Ayenia loxensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Ayenia minytricha is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Ecuador and western Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests from 1,000 to 1,500 meters elevation.
Ayenia obtusata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests from 200 to 2,800 meters elevation.
Ayenia sparrei is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It a shrub found only in Ecuador.
Macrozamia flexuosa is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.
Flueggea flexuosa is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands and it is classified under "least concern" by the IUCN. The wood of this plant is usually used as building materials particularly as rafter, house post or agricultural implements. In the Philippines, this plant is locally known as anislag, tras or malagau.
Ayenia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It includes 216 species of subshrubs, shrubs, small trees, and lianas. They are native to the tropical Americas and southwestern United States, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia.
Deschampsia flexuosa, commonly known as wavy hair-grass, is a species of bunchgrass in the grass family widely distributed in Eurasia, Africa, South America, and North America.
Ayenia limitaris is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Rio Grande ayenia, Texas ayenia, and Tamaulipan kidneypetal. It is native to an area straddling the Rio Grande in Mexico and the United States. Today it is known from far southern Texas and far northern sections of the Mexican states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas. It has become rare because most of its habitat has been degraded or destroyed. There are perhaps four populations remaining in Texas and two in Mexico, for a total of 1000 individual plants at most. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
Byttnerioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Malvaceae.
Morisonia flexuosa is a 2–4 meter high shrub.
Prosopis flexuosa, commonly known as tortuous mesquite and a variety of Spanish vernacular names including algarrobo dulce and algarrobo negro, is a species of flowering tree in the genus Prosopis of the family Fabaceae. It is found in arid and semi-arid regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, including the western Gran Chaco and the Monte Desert, where it is a conspicuous and characteristic plant of the region. Its timber is used for construction, charcoal and fuel and its fruits are eaten by humans and livestock.
