Macrostelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Hibisceae
Genus: Macrostelia
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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.

References

  1. ↑ Fryxell, P. A. (1974). "New Species of Gossypium, Decaschistia, and Macrostelia (Malvaceae) From Australia". Australian Journal of Botany. 22 (1): 183–193. doi:10.1071/bt9740183. ISSN 1444-9862.
  2. ↑ "Macrostelia — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2018-02-03.


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