Sida (plant)

Sida
ʻIlima (Sida fallax)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Sida
L.[1]
Species

98-200+, see text

Synonyms

Pseudomalachra (K.Schum.) Monteiro

Sida is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide,[2] especially in the Americas.[3] Plants of the genus may be known generally as fanpetals[1] or sidas.[4]

  1. ^ a b Sida. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  2. ^ Shaheen, N., et al. (2009). Foliar epidermal anatomy and its systematic implication within the genus Sida L. (Malvaceae). African Journal of Biotechnology 8(20), 5328-36.
  3. ^ Sida. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
  4. ^ Sida. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.