Grewia

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Grewia
Grewia occidentalis
Grewia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae s. l.
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Grewia
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Species

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The plant genus Grewia includes several species of plants, accepted by some authors as members of the mallow family Malvaceae sensu lato and also placed in linden family Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae [1] by others. It is the type genus for subfamily Grewioideae.

Selected species:

  • Grewia asiatica - phalsa
  • Grewia avellana
  • Grewia biloba - bilobed grewia
  • Grewia calymmatosepala
  • Grewia crenata
  • Grewia damine
  • Grewia eriocarpa
  • Grewia flava
  • Grewia flavescens
  • Grewia hexamita
  • Grewia hornbyi
  • Grewia lasiocarpa
  • Grewia occidentalis - crossberry
  • Grewia pachycalyx
  • Grewia retinervis
  • Grewia schinzii
  • Grewia similis
  • Grewia stolzii
  • Grewia sulcata
  • Grewia tenax
  • Grewia villosa

[edit] References

  1. ^ Heywood, V. H., Brummitt, R. K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering Plant Families of the World. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books. ISBN 1-55407-206-9. 

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