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|accepted_name=Malachra
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=12, 2: 458. 1767
|year=1767
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mant. Pl.
|place=1: 13. 1767
|year=1767
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malachra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malachra]]</div></div>
|etymology=Ancient name, perhaps from Greek malache, mallow
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 216
|treatment_page=page 279
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, annual or perennial. <b>Stems</b> erect, puberulent or hispid, not viscid. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules persistent, filiform; blade broadly ovate, lyrate, or palmately 3–5-lobed, base rounded or truncate, margins crenate or serrate, surfaces usually hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary [or terminal], headlike racemes, subtended by prominently veined, sessile or subsessile, boat-shaped bracts; involucel absent [present]. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx not accrescent, not inflated, deeply divided, lobes unribbed or somewhat ribbed, lanceolate-ovate, hispid; corolla yellow, [white or lavender]; staminal column included; styles 10-branched; stigmas capitate. <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, erect, not inflated, oblate, not indurate, glabrous or puberulent; mericarps 5, 1-celled, without dorsal spur, smooth, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per mericarp, glabrous. <b>x</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|distribution=sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia (including Malesia);Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species 8–10 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Peduncles usually exceeding corresponding petioles; floral bracts deeply cordate; herbage stellate-hairy; fruits glabrous.
|[[Malachra capitata|Malachra capitata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Peduncles shorter than corresponding petioles; floral bracts ovate; herbage hispid; fruits minutely puberulent to pubescent.
|[[Malachra urens|Malachra urens]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malachra
|author=Paul A. Fryxell†;Steven R. Hill
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia (including Malesia);Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.;Mant. Pl.
|publication year=1767;1767
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_508.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Malachra
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