See text Malveae is a tribe of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, subfamily Malvoideae.

The flowers of Malveae are five-merous with a characteristic staminal column, a trait found throughout Malvoideae.

The tribe was originally split between Eumalveae, Malopeae, Sideae and Abutileae based on carpel arrangement, ovule numbers and the flowers' stigmatic arrangements,[5] however, now Malveae is generally grouped into 14 alliances (Abutilon, Batesimalva, Kearnemalvastrum, Malvastrum, Sphaeralcea, Modiola, Anoda, Gaya, Malope, Anisodontea, Malva, Sidalcea, Malacothamnus and Plagianthus).

Recent ribosomal sequencing, however, suggests that these alliances are non monophyletic and may be better characterized by the presence or absence of involucre bracts (i.e., an epicalyx).

The following genera are recognized and as grouped from Bayer & Kubitzki(2003):[7][8] Bastardiastum, Bastardia, Herissantia, Bastardiopsis, Robinsonella, Akrosida, Dendrosida, Allosidastrum, Rhynchosida, Krapovickasia, Malvella, Meximalva, Sidastrum, Sida