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June 2025

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Althaea officinalis L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 686 (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-0000529011.

Synonyms of Althaea officinalis L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Althaea balearica Rodriguez Fl. Menorca : 24 (1904) wfo-0000528910
Althaea kragujevacensis Pančić Fl. Serbiae 200 (1874), in clavi. wfo-0000528967
Althaea multiflora Rchb. ex Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1867(Suppl.): 36 (1868) wfo-0000529000
Althaea pulchra Klotzsch Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar : 112 (1862) wfo-0000529029
Althaea sublobata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 530 (1812) wfo-0000529049
Althaea kragujevacensis Pančić Fl. Serbiae : 200 (1874) wfo-0001281596
Malva althaea E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 6: 243 (1902) wfo-0001281599
Malva maritima Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 381. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0001281600
Malva officinalis (L.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. Fl. Friburg. 3: 885 (1829) wfo-0001281601
Althaea officinalis var. vulgaris Alef. wfo-1200097556
Althaea officinalis var. thirkeana Alef. wfo-1200097557
Althaea officinalis subsp. indica Baker f. wfo-1200097575
Althaea officinalis var. pallida Regel & Herder wfo-1200097685
Althaea officinalis var. rotundifolia Gray wfo-1200097728
Althaea officinalis var. obtusiuscula H.C.Hall ex Lej. wfo-1200097837
Althaea officinalis var. obtusifolia Vayr. wfo-1200098048