botany, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus, in which are the following genera, viz. bixa, corchorus, helicarpus, kiggelaria, microcos, muntingia, thea, tilea, turnera, triumfetta, avenia, grevia, helicteres, kleinhowia, adanonia, alcea, althea, bombax, camellia, golypium, hermannia, hibiscus, lavatera, malope, malva, melochia, napaza, pentapetes, fida, flewarta, theobroma, urena, waltheria.