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| Macrostelia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Hibisceae |
| Genus: | Macrostelia Hochr. |
| Species | |
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Macrostelia is a genus in the tribe Hibisceae - in the family Malvaceae. [1] The genus consists of three species: M. calyculata Hochr., M. involucrata Hochr., and M. laurina (Baill.) Hochr. & Humbert. Macrostelias - all native to Madagascar - distinguish themselves from most other genera in Hibisceae by typically bearing flowers with a long corolla tube. [2] Although members of Hibiscus - an example of one of these other genera - may bear flowers with proximally connate petals, such connation occurs only at the very base of the petals.
In the past, Macrostelia was considered to consist of at least a total of four species. The fourth species - formerly named Macrostelia grandifolia P.A. Fryxell - is now considered to be under the circumscription of Hibiscus.
