Palaua

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Ericales
Familia: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Palaua
Species: P. biserrata - P. glabra - P. lanceolata - P. scabra - P. tomentosa

Name

Palaua Ruiz et Pav., 1794.

References

* The International Plant Names Index Palaua.
* Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavon, José Antonio, 1794: Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus, sive novorum generum plantrum peruvianum, et chilensium descriptiones et icones. Madrid, 100, t. 22.
* GBIF .

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.