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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.

Musk okra

Malvaceae 155 77 Observations

Abutilon grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet

Hairy Indian mallow

Malvaceae 211 131 Observations

Abutilon incanum (Link) Sweet

Pelotazo

Malvaceae 15 15 Observations

Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet

Monkeybush

Malvaceae 157 106 Observations

Abutilon menziesii Seem.

Ko'oloa 'ula

Malvaceae 7 3 Observations

Gossypium barbadense L.

Creole cotton

Malvaceae 75 45 Observations

Gossypium hirsutum L.

Upland cotton

Malvaceae 371 271 Observations

Gossypium tomentosum Nutt. ex Seem.

Hawai'ian cotton

Malvaceae 10 4 Observations

Hibiscadelphus giffardianus Rock

Kilauea hau kuahiwi

Malvaceae 1 1 Observation

Hibiscus arnottianus A. Gray

White rosemallow

Malvaceae 57 45 Observations

Hibiscus calyphyllus Cav.

Lemonyellow rosemallow

Malvaceae 99 53 Observations

Hibiscus clayi O. Deg. & I. Deg.

Red Kauai rosemallow

Malvaceae 17 6 Observations

Hibiscus furcellatus Lam.

Lindenleaf rosemallow

Malvaceae 6 6 Observations

Hibiscus mutabilis L.

Confederate rose

Malvaceae 903 663 Observations

Hibiscus tiliaceus L.

Sea hibiscus

Malvaceae 452 277 Observations

Hibiscus waimeae A. Heller

White Kauai rosemallow

Malvaceae 16 8 Observations

Malachra alceifolia Jacq.

Yellow leafbract

Malvaceae 54 27 Observations

Malva neglecta Wallr.

Common mallow

Malvaceae 3,671 2,830 Observations

Malva parviflora L.

Egyptian mallow

Malvaceae 1,671 1,370 Observations

Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.

Indian Valley false mallow

Malvaceae 19 7 Observations

Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke

Threelobe false mallow

Malvaceae 475 331 Observations

Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. ex Cav.

Wax mallow

Malvaceae 22 5 Observations

Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC.

Mazapan

Malvaceae 30 24 Observations

Sida acuta Burm. f.

Common wireweed

Malvaceae 121 67 Observations

Sida ciliaris L.

Bracted fanpetals

Malvaceae 82 44 Observations

Sida cordifolia L.

Ilima

Malvaceae 106 73 Observations

Sida fallax Walp.

Yellow ilima

Malvaceae 31 27 Observations

Sida rhombifolia L.

Cuban jute

Malvaceae 526 332 Observations

Sida spinosa L.

Prickly fanpetals

Malvaceae 136 107 Observations

Sida urens L.

Tropical fanpetals

Malvaceae 19 11 Observations

Sidastrum paniculatum (L.) Fryxell

Panicled sandmallow

Malvaceae 5 4 Observations

Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa

Portia tree

Malvaceae 63 45 Observations

Urena lobata L.

Caesarweed

Malvaceae 685 424 Observations