Malva thuringiaca

Malva thuringiaca

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: Malva
Species: Malva thuringiaca
Subspecies: M. t. subsp. ambigua – M. t. subsp. thuringiaca

Name

Malva thuringiaca (L.) Vis., Fl. Dalmat. 3: 207 (1851).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lavatera thuringiaca L., Sp. Pl.: 691 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Althaea thuringiaca (L.) Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 212 (1867).
  • Olbia thuringiaca (L.) Medik., Malvenfam.: 42 (1787).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Middle Europe Austria, Baltic States, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic; Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, former Yugoslavia (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia). Eastern Europe Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Western Asia Iran, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2:691.

• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Ueber einige künstliche Geschlechter aus der Malven-Familie, denn der Klasse der Monadelphien. : Mit beigefügtem Urtheile über Linneische Geschlechter, und deren Klassifikation; über Herbarien und Terminologie; dann Empfehlung einer Sammlung von Fruchtgehäusen, und deren Saamen; vorzüglich einer genauen Zergliederung sämtlicher Fruktifikations-Theile jeder Pflanze. 158 pp., Neue Hof- und akademische Buchhandlung, Mannheim. MDZ Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Malva thuringiaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Malva thuringiaca. Published online. Accessed: October 19 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Malva thuringiaca. Accessed: 19 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Malva thuringiaca. 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 19. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Malva thuringiaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

suomi: Harmaamalvikki
svenska: Gråmalva

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