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Fruit:
Durio zibethinus
; Photo by Hafiz Issadeen, flickr.com
Malvaceae
Fruit:
Durio zibethinus
; Photo by Hafiz Issadeen, flickr.com
Seed:
Durio zibethinus
; Photo by R. Gibbons, USDA APHIS PPQ, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Malvaceae
Seed:
Durio zibethinus
; Photo by R. Gibbons, USDA APHIS PPQ, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Seeds:
Fuertesimalva peruvianum
; Photo by R. Gibbons, USDA APHIS PPQ, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Fuertesimalva peruvianum
; Photo by R. Gibbons, USDA APHIS PPQ, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Fruits:
Fuertesimalva peruvianum
; Photo by R. Gibbons, USDA APHIS PPQ, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Fuertesimalva peruvianum
; Photo by R. Gibbons, USDA APHIS PPQ, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Embryo:
Fuertesimalva peruvianum
; Illustration by K. Parker, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Malvaceae
Embryo:
Fuertesimalva peruvianum
; Illustration by K. Parker, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Fruits:
Guazuma ulmifolia
; Photo by L. Seastone, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Guazuma ulmifolia
; Photo by L. Seastone, USDA APHIS PPQ ITP, imageID.idtools.org
Seeds:
Guazuma ulmifolia
, with maculate testae; Photo by V. Brewster, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Guazuma ulmifolia
, with maculate testae; Photo by V. Brewster, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Seed:
Guazuma ulmifolia
, showing embryo; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Seed:
Guazuma ulmifolia
, showing embryo; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Seeds:
Gossypium hirsutum
, with and without boll fiber; Photo by S. Hurst, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Gossypium hirsutum
, with and without boll fiber; Photo by S. Hurst, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Fruit:
Gossypium sturtianum
; Photo by South Australian Seed Conservation Centre, used with permission
Malvaceae
Fruit:
Gossypium sturtianum
; Photo by South Australian Seed Conservation Centre, used with permission
Seed:
Gossypium
sp., showing embryo; Photo by R. Young, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Seed:
Gossypium
sp., showing embryo; Photo by R. Young, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruits:
Grewia tenax
, two-lobed, drupe-like fruit (top); pyrenes (seeds surrounded by stony endocarp, bottom); Photo by N. Diaz, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Grewia tenax
, two-lobed, drupe-like fruit (top); pyrenes (seeds surrounded by stony endocarp, bottom); Photo by N. Diaz, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruit:
Heliocarpus
sp.; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruit:
Heliocarpus
sp.; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruits:
Helicteres isora
; Photo by R. Young, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Helicteres isora
; Photo by R. Young, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Seeds:
Hibiscus cannabinus
; Photo by T. Slotta, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Hibiscus cannabinus
; Photo by T. Slotta, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Fruits:
Hibiscus sabdariffa
, dehisced capsules; Photo by Lyndon Photography, Dried Botanical ID
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Hibiscus sabdariffa
, dehisced capsules; Photo by Lyndon Photography, Dried Botanical ID
Fruits:
Lavatera trimestris
; Photo by D. Walters, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Lavatera trimestris
; Photo by D. Walters, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruits:
Malva parviflora
, schizocarps with persistent caylx; Photo by V. Brewster, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Malva parviflora
, schizocarps with persistent caylx; Photo by V. Brewster, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruits, seeds:
Malva parviflora
; Photo by R. Young, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits, seeds:
Malva parviflora
; Photo by R. Young, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Seeds:
Malva parviflora
; Photo by D. Walters and C. Southwick, Table Grape Weed Disseminule ID
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Malva parviflora
; Photo by D. Walters and C. Southwick, Table Grape Weed Disseminule ID
Fruits:
Modiola caroliniana
; Photo by F. Starr and K. Starr, Starr Environmental
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Modiola caroliniana
; Photo by F. Starr and K. Starr, Starr Environmental
Fruits:
Modiola caroliniana
; Photo by J. Hernandez, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Modiola caroliniana
; Photo by J. Hernandez, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Seeds:
Modiola caroliniana
; Photo by J. Hernandez, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Modiola caroliniana
; Photo by J. Hernandez, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Seeds:
Pavonia hastata
; Photo by T. Slotta, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Pavonia hastata
; Photo by T. Slotta, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Fruit:
Quararibea
sp.; Photo by Alex Popovkin, flickr.com
Malvaceae
Fruit:
Quararibea
sp.; Photo by Alex Popovkin, flickr.com
Fruit:
Sida spinosa
, intact schizocarp; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruit:
Sida spinosa
, intact schizocarp; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruits:
Sida spinosa
, mericarps; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Sida spinosa
, mericarps; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Seeds:
Sida spinosa
; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Seeds:
Sida spinosa
; Photo by A. Margina, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Embryo:
Sida spinosa
; Illustration by K. Parker, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Malvaceae
Embryo:
Sida spinosa
; Illustration by K. Parker, Kirkbride et al. (2006)
Fruit, seeds:
Sterculia
sp., longitudinal section of fruit showing seeds; Photo by N. Diaz, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruit, seeds:
Sterculia
sp., longitudinal section of fruit showing seeds; Photo by N. Diaz, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Fruits:
Theobroma cacao
; Photo by John Jennings, flickr.com
Malvaceae
Fruits:
Theobroma cacao
; Photo by John Jennings, flickr.com
Fruit:
Theobroma cacao
; Photo by N. Diaz, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org
Malvaceae
Fruit:
Theobroma cacao
; Photo by N. Diaz, USDA APHIS PPQ, imageID.idtools.org