Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Malvales > Family Malvaceae > Genus Malva

Malva alcea L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Malva*	L.	accepted genus name
*Bismalva*	Medik.	synonym
*Lavatera*	L.	synonym
*Navaea*	Webb & Berthel.	synonym
*Saviniona*	Webb & Berthel.	synonym
*Stegia*	DC.	synonym

Species group names

*Bismalva alcea*	(L.) Medik.	homotypic synonym
*Malva alcea subsp. fastigiata*	(Cav.) O. Bolòs & Vigo	heterotypic synonym
*Malva fastigiata*	Cav.	heterotypic synonym
*Malva abulensis*	Cav.	synonym
*Malva bismalva*	Lej.	synonym
*Malva italica*	Pollini	synonym
*Malva lagascae*	Lázaro Ibiza & Tubilla	synonym
*Malva morenii*	Pollini	synonym
*Malva ribifolia*	Viv.	synonym

Children

Malva excisa Rchb.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: alcea; malví bord sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: alcea bastarda; canhavera brava; malva de Ungría; malva montesina; malvavisco silvestre sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: alcea; alcea con hojas de perejil; alcea vulgar; cañavera blanca; hierba de San Simón; malva de Hungría; malva montés; malva montesina; malvavisco montesino; malvavisco salvaje

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. (2011): Malvaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Malva alcea L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=BA13EE40-F960-4CD6-9CC4-1A6F9F2B8832