Malvales

The Malvales are an order of flowering plants. As circumscribed by APG II-system, the order includes about 6000 species within nine families. The order is placed in the eurosids II, which are part of the eudicots.

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Malvales is a large group of flowering plants containing around 6,000 species organized into nine families, and it belongs to a broader classification of plants called eurosids II. This order matters because it represents a significant branch of the flowering plant family tree and helps scientists organize and understand plant diversity.

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Species

アオイ目

Malvales

ORDER

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalvales

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded8,210,147

锦葵目（学名：Malvales）是真双子叶植物蔷薇类植物的一目，其中最重要的植物包括棉花、秋葵、蜀葵、木槿、木棉、猴面包树、筏木、可可树、可乐果等。

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Research

16,904 papers

The timing of Malvales evolution: Incorporating its extensive fossil record to inform about lineage diversification.Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2019Hernández-Gutiérrez R, Magallón SDOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106606
Effects of daily multivitamin-multimineral and cocoa extract supplementation on epigenetic aging clocks in the COSMOS randomized clinical trial.Nature medicine · 2026Li S, Hamaya R, Zhu H et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41591-026-04239-3
Comprehensive Analysis of NAC Transcription Factors Reveals Their Evolution in Malvales and Functional Characterization of AsNAC019 and AsNAC098 in Aquilaria sinensis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Yang Z, Mei W, Wang H et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417384
Fractionated Extracts From Gnidia kraussiana (Malvales: Thymeleaceae) as Bioactive Phytochemicals for Effective Management of Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Stored Vigna unguiculata (Fabales: Fabaceae) Seeds.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2021Kosini D, Nukenine EN, Agbor GA et al.DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab006
Long-Term Effect of Cocoa Extract Supplementation on Incident Hypertension.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2025Hamaya R, Li S, Lau J et al.DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.125.25209
On the relevance of molecular tools for taxonomic revision in Malvales, Malvaceae s.l., and Dombeyoideae.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2014Le Péchon T, Gigord LDDOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-767-9_17
Potential Impacts of Translocation of Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum (Malvales: Malvaceae)) Extrafloral Nectar on Parasitoids.Environmental entomology · 2020Jones AG, Hoover K, Pearsons K et al.DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvz157
Phylogenomics resolves deep subfamilial relationships in Malvaceae s.l.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Cvetković T, Areces-Berazain F, Hinsinger DD et al.DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab136

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Commons category: Malvales
taxon name: Malvales
taxon common name: 锦葵目

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The plants are mostly shrubs and trees; most of its families have a cosmopolitan distribution in the tropics and subtropics, with limited expansion into temperate regions. An interesting distribution occurs in Madagascar, where three endemic families of Malvales (Sphaerosepalaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Diegodendraceae) occur.