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Alcea rosea L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 687 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000525183.

Synonyms of Alcea rosea L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Malva hortensus K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. Fl. Friburg. 3: 886 (1829) wfo-0000449152
Malva florida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 381 (1796) wfo-0000449187
Malva rosea Garsault Fig. Pl. Med. 3: t. 359. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 218. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 793. wfo-0000449533
Alcea cretica (Weinm.) Greuter Willdenowia 8: 558 (1979) wfo-0000525105
Alcea ficifolia Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 127. 1878 [Sep 1878] wfo-0000525116
Alcea microchiton Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 254 (1862) wfo-0000525157
Alcea pallida subsp. cretica (Weinm.) D.A.Webb Feddes Repert. 74: 27 1967 wfo-0000525166
Althaea caribaea Sims. Bot. Mag. 44: t. 1916 (1817) wfo-0000528922
Althaea chinensis Wall. Numer. List : n.º 2689 (1831) wfo-0000528924
Althaea coromandelina Cav. Diss. 2: 93 (1786) wfo-0000528927
Althaea cretica Weinm. Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 171 (1828) wfo-0000528929
Althaea flexuosa Sims Bot. Mag. 23: t. 892 (1805) wfo-0000528941
Althaea meonantha Link Linnaea 9: 586 (1834) wfo-0000528991
Althaea mexicana Kunze Linnaea 20: 51, 404 (1847) wfo-0000528993
Althaea microchiton (Alef.) Baker f. J. Bot. 28: 144 (1890) wfo-0000528997
Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. Diss. 2: 91 (1786) wfo-0000529034
Althaea sinensis Cav. Diss. 2: t. 29 (1786) wfo-0000529041
Althaea sinensis Blanco Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 552. 1837 wfo-0000529042
Althaea rosea var. sinensis (Cav.) S.Y.Hu in Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 153: 10 1955 wfo-0000740877
Alcea biennis subsp. cretica (Weinm.) Valdés Willdenowia 41: 319 (2011) wfo-0001362154
Alcea annua Winterl Index Hort. Bot. Univ. Hung. A 2. 1788 wfo-1000035972
Alcea rosea var. tinctoria Alef. wfo-1200097422
Alcea rosea var. alta Alef. wfo-1200097553
Alcea rosea var. atra Alef. wfo-1200097554
Alcea rosea var. sinensis (Cav.) Alef. wfo-1200097555