Callianthe

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Callianthe
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Callianthe 'Bouncing Bells', from Orange County, USA
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Callianthe
Donnell (2012) [1]
Type species
Callianthe rufinerva
(A.St.-Hil.) Donnell
Species

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Callianthe is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Malveae. It is distributed throughout the Neotropics. [1]

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Species

50 species are accepted. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Donnell, A.A. in Donnell, A.A., Ballard, Harvey.E. & Cantino, P.D. (2012) Callianthe (Malvaceae): A new genus of neotropical Malveae. Systematic Botany 37(3): 712-722 (718!). doi:10.1600/036364412X648689
  2. "Callianthe Donnell". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 11 January 2024.