Palaua Cav.

Palaua rhombifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Malveae
Genus: Palaua
Species: P. camanensis – P. concinna – P. dissecta – P. guentheri – P. inconspicua – P. malvifolia – P. modesta – P. mollendoensis – P. moschata – P. pusilla – P. rhombifolia – P. sandemanii – P. tomentosa – P. trisepala – P. velutina – P. weberbaueri

Name

Palaua Cav. Diss. 1: 40. (1785)

• Type species: Palaua moschata Cav. Diss. 1: 41, t. 11. (1785)

Homonyms

• Palaua Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 100, t. 22. (1794), nom. illeg. (Actinidiaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Chile North, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cavanilles, A.J. 1785. Dissertatio botanica de Sida, et de quibusquam plantis quae cum illa affinitatem habent. Pp. 1–47, tt. 1–13 in Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes Decem, part 1. Apud Franciscum Amb. Didot, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Palaua. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Palaua. Published online. Accessed: May 24 2016.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Palaua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Palaua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2016.

Vernacular names

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