What is Malvaceae?
{{Source|date=January 2025}}{{Taxobox | name = Malvaceae | image =(MHNT) Malva parviflora - Habitus.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Least Mallow, ''Malva parviflora'' | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Malvales]] | familia = '''Malvaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = [[Bombacoideae]]<br/> [[Brownlowioideae]]<br/> [[Byttnerioideae]]<br/> [[Dombeyoideae]]<br/> [[Grewioideae]]<br/> [[Helicteroideae]]<br/> [[Malvoideae]]<br/> [[Sterculioideae]]<br/> [[Tilioideae]] }} '''Malvaceae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Flowering plant|flowering plants]]. The family includes about 1,000 [[species]] in 75 [[Genus|genera]]. Malvaceae are found in [[tropics|tropical]] and [[temperate]] regions. They are not found very often in places such as the [[Antarctica]] because those places are too cold for Malvaceae plants. ==Examples== [[Okra]] is one example: it is called the ''lady's [[finger]]'' or ''gumbo''. [[Category:Malvaceae| ]] {{Biology-stub}}