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Sparrmanniaceae

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Sparrmanniaceae is a segregate, probably obsolete, plant family, containing plants which have more commonly been classified in Malvaceae or Tiliaceae .

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2-548: In the most recent proposed circumscription, that of Cheek ex Heywood et al., it corresponds to subfamily Grewioideae of the APG family Malvaceae. Genera formerly included in the Sparrmanniaceae : This Malvales -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Grewioideae See text Grewioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae and was first described by Hochreutiner . The group

4-551: Is named after its type genus , Grewia , which is named for the English scientist Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712). It contains a number of genera that were previously placed in the defunct family Tiliaceae . Within the Malvaceae, this subfamily has its inflorescences opposite the leaves, the corollas are usually clawed, and there is a nectar-bearing hair carpet at the base of the petals and there are numerous dithecal stamens. The fruit

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