Malvaceae in the flora of Egypt 1. Systematic revision of the indigenous taxa

Document Type : Original Article

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The Herbarium, Faculty of Science Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.

Abstract

The idiginous taxa of Malvaceae represented in the flora of Egypt were systematically revised. This revealed the
presence of 26 species belonging to 11 genera and four tribes; among these, Malvella sherardiana ia a new
record to the flora of this country.
For each species, valid name, synonymes (if any), type, distribution (local and global) and selected
specimens are given. A key for the genera of the family, and keys for the species belonging to the genera with
more than one species are provided

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