# Cheirolaena

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|genus = Cheirolaena
|parent_authority = [Benth.](/source/Benth.) (1862)
|species = linearis
|authority = Benth. (1862)
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'''''Cheirolaena linearis''''' is a species of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) belonging to the family [Malvaceae](/source/Malvaceae). It is the sole species in genus  '''''Cheirolaena'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Cheirolaena'' Benth. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38657-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> It is a shrub native to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) and [Mayotte](/source/Mayotte).<ref>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822537-1 ''Cheirolaena linearis'' Benth.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 27 June 2023.</ref>

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Category:Dombeyoideae
Category:Monotypic Malvaceae genera
Category:Flora of Madagascar
Category:Flora of the Comoros
Category:Plants described in 1862
Category:Taxa named by George Bentham

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