The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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M Alcea rosea L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Alcea (family Malvaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 687 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:558713-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Alcea biennis Winterl Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Alcea ficifolia Nyman Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea caribaea Sims Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea chinensis Wall. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea coromandeliana Cav. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea flexuosa Sims Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea meonantha Link Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea mexicana Kunze Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea rosea var. sinensis (Cav.) S.Y.Hu Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Althaea sinensis Cav. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Althaea sinensis Blanco Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Malva florida Salisb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Malva hortensus K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Malva rosea Garsault [Invalid] Synonym M WCSP (in review)

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Synonyms
Alcea rosea subsp. ficifolia (L.) Govaerts Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2627710.

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