Lavatera phoenicea
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Lavatera phoenicea (syn. Althaea phoenicea Kuntze [1], Lavatera coccinea Dietr. ex DC and Navaea phoenicea Webb. [2]) is a large shrub belonging to the malvaceae family, malveae tribe. Webb and Berthelot included this plant in the separate, monotypic genus Navaea, dedicated to Marqués de Nava, the one who created the botanical garden in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife (Jardín de Aclimatación de la Orotava). The reason to include this species in a separate genus was according the presence of nectaries in the base of each petal, which is unique in the malveae tribe. In addition, this plant is endemic in the Canary Islands.
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