1. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group places this genus within the Malvaceae family. 2. A : All hibiscus are members of the mallow ( Malvaceae ) family. 3. Within the framework of the APG III system, an extended family Malvaceae is recognized. 4. Members of the Malvaceae are important as fiber crops ( particularly cotton, Gossypium ). 5. "' Brownlowioideae "'is a subfamily of the botanical family Malvaceae . 6. Hibiscus, a member of the Malvaceae or mallow family, is the antithesis of inconspicuous. 7. This expanded circumscription of Malvaceae is taken to include the families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae. 8. The larvae of ssp . " continentalis " probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species. 9. Formerly placed in the Sterculiaceae, this artificial assemblage is now included in the family Malvaceae by most authors. 10. The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG classification it is now placed in the Malvaceae .
