Alcea rosea

Alcea rosea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Malveae
Genus: Alcea
Species: Alcea rosea

Name

Alcea rosea L., Sp. Pl. 2: 687 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Althaea rosea (L.) Cav., Diss. 2: 91 (1786).
  • Malva florida Salisb., Prodr. : 381 (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Malva rosea (L.) E.H.L.Krause in Sturm, Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2, 6: 245 (1901).

• Heterotypic
  • Alcea cretica (Weinm.) Greuter, Willdenowia 8(3): 558 (1979).
  • Alcea ficifolia L., Sp. Pl. 687 (1753).
  • Alcea ficifolia Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 127 (1878), nom. illeg.
  • Alcea rosea var. sibthorpii Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 832 (1867).
  • Althaea caribaea Sims in Curtis, Bot. Mag., : tab. 1916 (1817).
  • Althaea chinensis Wall., Catal. : n° 2689 (1828).
  • Althaea coromandeliana Cav., Diss., 2: 93 (1786).
  • Althaea cretica Weinm., Syll. Ratisb. 2: 171 (1828).
  • Althaea × cultorum Bergmans
  • Althaea ficifolia (L.) Cav., Diss. 2: 92, tab. 28 fig. 2 (1786).
  • Althaea flexuosa Sims, Bot. Mag. 23: t. 892 (1805).
  • Althaea rosea var. sibthorpii (Boiss.) Fiori & Paol., Fl. Italia 2: 262 (1901).
  • Althaea rosea var. sinensis (Cav.) S.Y.Hu (1955).
  • Althaea sinensis Cav., Diss. 2, Secunda Diss. Bot. 92 (t. 29, f. 3) (1786).
  • Althaea sinensis Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 1: 552 (1837), non Cav. (1786).
  • Althaea tabrisiana Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 44 (1860).

Notes

• In cultivation only; origin unknown, possibly hybrid between Alcea pallida and Alcea setosa (Blamey & Grey-Wilson 1989).

Homonyms

• Alcea ficifolia Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. t. 663. = Alcea biennis Winterl

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Southwestern Asia Turkey Introduced into: Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Laos, Leeward Is., Libya, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 687. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. 1989. The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. 544 pp., London, Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-40170-2. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alcea rosea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alcea rosea. Published online. Accessed: October 15 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Alcea rosea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alcea rosea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 15. Reference page. 

• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Alcea rosea. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2010 Jan 15.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alcea rosea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: পাতি হলিহক
čeština: Topolovka růžová
Deutsch: Stockrose
English: Common hollyhock
español: Malva rosa
suomi: Tarhasalkoruusu
Nordfriisk: Stookruus
français: Rose trémière
magyar: Festőmályva
italiano: Malvone roseo
日本語: タチアオイ
한국어: 접시꽃
Nederlands: Stokroos
polski: Malwa różowa
русский: Штокроза розовая
sardu: Prammariscu
slovenčina: Ibiš ružový
svenska: Stockros
Türkçe: Gülhatmi
українська: Рожа садова
中文: 蜀葵

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