Iliamna (plant)
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| Iliamna | |
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| Streambank Wild Hollyhock (I. rivularis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Malveae |
| Genus: | Iliamna Greene |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
Iliamna is a genus of malvaceous plants family Malvaceae). These perennial herbs are known commonly as wild hollyhocks and sometimes as "globe-mallows" (or "globe mallows", "globemallows"). More often, the latter terms refer to the genus Sphaeralcea, like Iliamna part of the "typical" mallow tribe (Malveae) of the mallow and hibiscus subfamily Malvoideae.
The genus Iliamna is endemic to western North America. It is related to the bush mallows of California (Malacothamnus) and to Phymosia of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Species include:
- Iliamna bakeri – Baker's Wild Hollyhock, Baker's Globe-mallow
- Iliamna corei (Sherff) Sherff (formerly in I. remota)
- Iliamna crandallii
- Iliamna grandiflora
- Iliamna latibracteata – California Wild Hollyhock, California Globe-mallow
- Iliamna longisepala
- Iliamna remota Greene
- Iliamna rivularis – Streambank Wild Hollyhock, Kankakee Globe-mallow, Peter's Mountain Mallow
External links
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