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Alcea
Genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Hollyhock" redirects here. For the streambank wild hollyhock, a related species in western North America, see Iliamna rivularis. For other uses, see Hollyhock (disambiguation).
Alcea is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks.[1] They are native to Asia and Europe.[1] The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock, belongs to a different genus.
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Alcea | |
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Alcea setosa | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
Tribe: | Malveae |
Genus: | Alcea L. |
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