Palaua

Palaua is a genus of malvaceous plants native to the Andes. It shares with Malope and Kitaibelia the property of possessing capitate schizocarps, and was formerly classified with them in a subfamily Malopoideae or tribe Malopeae. It is now considered to be more closely related to Sphaeralcea, and to other Andean mallows.

It is native to Peru and northern Chile.^[2]

The genus name of Palaua is in honour of Antonio Palau y Verdera (1734–1793), a Spanish naturalist.^[3] It was first described and published in Diss. Vol.1 on page 40 in 1785.^[2]

Known species

According to Kew,^[2]

• Palaua camanensis Ferreyra & Chanco
• Palaua concinna (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
• Palaua dissecta Benth.
• Palaua guentheri Bruns
• Palaua inconspicua I.M.Johnst.
• Palaua malvifolia Cav.
• Palaua modesta (Phil.) Reiche & Johow
• Palaua mollendoensis Ulbr.
• Palaua moschata Cav.
• Palaua pusilla Ulbr.
• Palaua rhombifolia Graham
• Palaua sandemanii (Sandwith) Fryxell
• Palaua tomentosa Hochr.
• Palaua trisepala Hochr.
• Palaua velutina Ulbr. & A.W.Hill
• Palaua weberbaueri Ulbr.

The genus is recognised by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they only accept the following species; Palaua biserrata, Palaua glabra, Palaua lanceolata, Palaua scabra and Palaua tomentosa.^[1]

References

Palaua es un género con 31 especies de fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia Malvaceae.

Especies seleccionadas

• Palaua biserrata
• Palaua camanensis
• Palaua concinna
• Palaua declinata

• Palaua dissecta
• Palaua flexuosa
• Palaua geranioides
• Palaua glabra

Palaua is een geslacht uit de kaasjeskruidfamilie. De soorten komen voor in de Andes.

Soorten

• Palaua biserrata
• Palaua glabra
• Palaua lanceolata
• Palaua scabra
• Palaua tomentosa

Palaua é um género botânico pertencente à família Malvaceae^[1].