Botanical Survey of India | Flora of India
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KEY TO THE GENERA
| 1a. Epicalyx segmenta free
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19.
Malva
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| b. Epicalyx segmenta connate at base
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2
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| 2a. Epicalyx segments 3 - 6; central axis of fruit often projecting above mericarps; seeds smooth or transversely ribbed
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18.
Lavatera
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| b. Epicalyx segments 6 - 9; central axis of fruit not projecting above mericarps; seeds radially ribbed
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3
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| 3a. Staminal column 5-angled; corolla 3 cm or more in diameter; mericups sub-bilocular
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0.
Alcea
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| b. Staminal column cylindric; corolla less than 3 cm in diameter; mericarps unilocular
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17.
Althaea
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