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Alcea

The genus Alcea is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alcea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Alcea abchazica Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea acaulis (Cav.) Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea afghanica Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea africana (Lam. ex G.Don) Lour. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea angulata Freyn & Sint. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea antoninae Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea apterocarpa Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea arbelensis Boiss. & Hausskn. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Alcea assadii Pakravan Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea baldshuanica (Bornm.) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea calvertii (Boiss.) Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea digitata Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea dissecta (Baker f.) Zohary Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea djahromi Parsa Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea excubita Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea fasciculiflora Zohary Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea flavovirens (Boiss. & Buhse) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea freyniana Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea froloviana (Litw.) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea galilaea Zohary Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea ghahremanii Pakravan & Assadi Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea gorganica (Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.) Zohary Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea grossheimii Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea guestii Zohary Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea heldreichii (Boiss.) Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea hohenackeri Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea hyrcana Grossh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea ilamica Pakravan Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea iranshahrii Pakravan, Ghahr. & Assadi Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea karakalensis Freyn Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea karsiana (Bordz.) Litv. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea kazerouni Parsa Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea koelzii Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea kopetdaghensis Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea kuhsanguia Parsa Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea kurdica Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea kursariensis Iljin Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Alcea kusjariensis (Iljin ex Grossh.) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea lavateriflora (DC.) Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea laxiflora Riedl Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea leiocarpa (Sam. ex Rech.f.) Mouterde Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea lenkoranica Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea litvinovii (Iljin) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea litwinowii Iljin Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Alcea longipedicellata Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea mazandaranica Pakravan & Ghahr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea microchiton Alef. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea mosulensis Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea mozaffarianii Ghahr. & Pakravan & Assadi Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea nikitinii Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea nudicaulis (Lindl.) Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea nudiflora (Lindl.) Boiss. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Alcea pallida (Willd.) Waldst. & Kit. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Alcea peduncularis Boiss. & Hausskn. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea persarum Bornm. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea popovii Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea procumbens Medik. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea rechingeri (Zohary) Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Alcea remotiflora (Boiss. & Heldr.) Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea rhyticarpa (Trautv.) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Alcea rosea L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Alcea rosulata Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea rugosa Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea rugosostellatum Czeczott Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea sachsachanica Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea scabridula Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea semnanica Pakravan Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea setosa (Boiss.) Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea sibthorpii Hausskn. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea sophiae Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea sosnovskyi Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea sotudehi Parsa Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea striata Alef. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Alcea sulphurea (Boiss. & Hohen.) Alef. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea sycophylla Iljin & V.V.Nikitin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea tabrisiana Boiss. & Buhse Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea tabrisiana Iljin Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Alcea talassica Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea tarica Pakravan & Ghahr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea teheranica Parsa Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea thessala Formánek Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea transcaucasica (Iljin ex Grossh.) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea turcomanica Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea turkeviczii Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea vameghii Parsa Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea wilhelminae Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Alcea woronowii (Iljin ex Grossh.) Iljin Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Alcea xanthochlora Riedl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 163 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alcea. Of these 77 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alcea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 163 species names for the genus Alcea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 77 47.2%
Synonym 73 44.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 8.0%

All names

The status of the 181 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alcea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 85 47.0%
Synonym 83 45.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 7.2%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 163 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alcea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 77 71 0 0 148 90.8%
Low confidence 0 2 0 13 15 9.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Alcea is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 1 0 3 0 5 3.1%
WCSP (in review) 76 72 0 10 0 158 96.9%