Cravenia
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| Cravenia | |
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| Cravenia panduriformis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Hibisceae |
| Genus: | Cravenia McLay & R.L.Barrett |
Cravenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes six species native to tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and northern Australia.[1]
The species in Cravenia were formerly placed in the large genus Hibiscus, until phylogenetic studies found the genus to be polyphyletic.[2]