BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

MALVACEAE (mallows)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Alcea rosea L. (Hollyhock)         7
Genus Althaea (marsh mallows) 1       2
Genus Lavatera (tree-mallows) 2 5 8 1 7
Genus Malva (mallows) 4 36     34

Suggested Literature

MALVACEAE may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with MALVACEAE:

fruit fruit may contain larva Apion malvae - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
fruit fruit may contain larva Apion rufirostre - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Podagrica fuscicornis - a mallow flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Podagrica fuscicornis - a mallow flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Podagrica fuscipes - a mallow flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Podagrica fuscipes - a mallow flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Apion aeneum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Apion radiolus - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992

Malvaceae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae