Palaua (plant)

taxobox
name = "Palaua"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
subfamilia = Malvoideae
genus = "Palaua"
genus_authority = Ruiz & Pav.
subdivision_ranks = Species|

"Palaua" is a genus of malvaceous plants native to the Andes. It shares with "Malope" and "Kitaibelia" the property of possessing capitate schizocarps, and was formerly classified with them in a subfamily Malopoideae or tribe Malopeae. It is now considered to be more closely related to "Sphaeralcea", and to other Andean mallows.