Eremalche

taxobox
name = "Eremalche"

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image_caption = desert five-spot ("Eremalche rotundifolia")
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
subfamilia = Malvoideae
genus = "Eremalche"
genus_authority = Greene
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Eremalche exilis"
"Eremalche parryi"
"Eremalche rotundifolia"|

Genus "Eremalche" is a small group of flowering plants in the mallow family. They are endemic to the United States desert southwest.

Species:

*"Eremalche exilis" - white mallow
*"Eremalche parryi" - Parry's mallow
*"Eremalche rotundifolia" - desert five-spot

The California endangered plant sometimes called "Eremalche kernensis" is today generally considered to be a subspecies of Parry's mallow, "Eremalche parryi" ssp "kernensis".

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EREMA USDA Plants Profile: genus "Eremalche"]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4338 GRIN species list]
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