{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Malvaviscus penduliflorus at Aanakkulam.jpg |image_caption = ''Malvaviscus penduliflorus'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Malvaviscus |authority = Fabr. |synonyms = *''Achania'' <small>Sw.</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7218 |title=''Malvaviscus'' Fabr. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2007-03-12 |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605235245/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7218 |archive-date=2011-06-05 }}</ref> |type_species = ''Malvaviscus arboreus'' |type_species_authority = Cav.<ref name="TROPICOS">{{cite web |url=http://tropicos.org/NameDetails.aspx?nameid=40012956 |title=''Malvaviscus'' Fabr. |work=TROPICOS |publisher=Missouri Botanical Database |access-date=2009-12-16}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }} [[File:Malvaviscus.jpg|thumb|''Malvaviscus'' (Maui)]] '''''Malvaviscus''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.<ref name="GRIN"/> Common names for species in this genus include '''Turk's cap mallow''', '''wax mallow''', '''sleeping hibiscus''', and '''mazapan'''. It belongs to a group of genera that differ from the closely related ''Hibiscus'' in possessing a fruit divided into 5 separate parts (a schizocarp), and having a style surmounted by 10, rather than 5, capitate or capitellate stigmas. Among those genera ''Malvaviscus'' is distinguished by having auriculate petals and red, fleshy fruits. The generic name is derived from the Latin words ''malva'', meaning "mallow," and ''viscus'', which means "sticky," referring to the mucilaginous sap produced by members of the genus.<ref name="Clay">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=692L-8HWiEsC |first=Horace F. |last=Clay |author2=James C. Hubbard |title=Tropical Shrubs |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-8248-1128-0 |page=104}}</ref> The fruit can be used to make jelly or syrup. Both the fruit and flowers are used to make herbal teas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dirtdoctor.com/garden/Turks-Cap_vq542.htm|title=Dirt Doctor - Library Topics|website=www.dirtdoctor.com|accessdate=May 19, 2023}}</ref>
==Species== Ten species are accepted.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Malvaviscus'' Fabr. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30013768-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> * ''Malvaviscus achanioides'' <small>(Turcz.) Fryxell<!--1980--></small> * ''Malvaviscus arboreus'' <small>Cav.<!--1787--></small><ref>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22 (1): 51–59, março 2005</ref> – Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central and South America ** ''Malvaviscus arboreus'' var. ''arboreus'' ** ''Malvaviscus arboreus'' var. ''drummondii'' <small>(Torr. & A.Gray) Schery</small> (= ''Malvaviscus drummondii'' <small>Torr. & A.Gray</small>) ** ''Malvaviscus arboreus'' var. ''mexicanus'' <small>Schltdl.</small> * ''Malvaviscus concinnus'' <small>Medik.<!--1787--></small> * ''Malvaviscus elegans'' {{small|Linden & Planch.}} * ''Malvaviscus oaxacanus'' {{small|Standl.}} * ''Malvaviscus palmanus'' <small>Pittier & Donn.Sm.<!--1897--></small><ref>BIOTROPICA 34(1): 68–80</ref> – Costa Rica * ''Malvaviscus palmatus'' {{small|Ulbr.}} * ''Malvaviscus penduliflorus'' <small>DC.<!--1824--></small> (synonym ''M. arboreus'' var. ''penduliflorus'' <small>(DC.) Schery</small>) * ''Malvaviscus urticifolius'' {{small|(C.Presl) Fryxell}} * ''Malvaviscus williamsii'' <small>Ulbr.<!--1932--></small><ref name="TROPICOSspecies">{{cite web |url=http://tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40012956 |title=Subordinate taxa of ''Malvaviscus'' Fabr. |work=TROPICOS |publisher=Missouri Botanical Database |access-date=2009-12-16}}</ref><ref name="GRINspecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7218 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212232956/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7218 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-12 |title=Species Records of ''Malvaviscus'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2010-08-21 }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commonscat-inline|Malvaviscus|''Malvaviscus''}} {{Wikispecies-inline}} * {{ITIS|id=21842|taxon=Malvaviscus}}
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Category:Malvaviscus Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Flora of the Americas
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