Malva L.
Details
Details
Malva L., Sp. Pl. 687 (1753)
Malva L.
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
687
ICN
Malva L.
genus
Malva
Classification
Subordinates
- Malva arborea
- Malva assurgentiflora
- Malva caroliniana
- Malva dendromorpha
- Malva linnaei
- Malva moschata
- Malva multiflora
- Malva munroana
- Malva neglecta
- Malva nicaeensis
- Malva olbia
- Malva parviflora
- Malva pseudolavatera
- Malva rotundifolia
- Malva sylvestris
- Malva thuringiaca
- Malva trimestris
- Malva verticillata
Vernacular names
Synonyms
Descriptions
Annual to perennial herbs, woody shrubs or trees. Lvs toothed or lobed. Fls solitary and axillary, or in axillary clusters or terminal racemes; epicalyx segments 3, united at least in part; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading, emarginate or deeply notched. Style branches as many as loculi, filiform. Fr. of numerous, 1-seeded, indehiscent, awnless mericarps arranged in a single flat whorl round short conic apex of receptacle, separating at maturity.
Malva L.
Annual or perennial herbs. Lvs toothed, lobed or deeply dissected. Fls usually solitary and axillary or in axillary clusters, rarely in terminal racemes; epicalyx segments (2)-3, free ± to base; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading, emarginate or deeply notched. Style branches as many as loculi, filiform. Fr. of numerous 1-seeded, indehiscent, awnless mericarps arranged in a single flat whorl round short conic apex of receptacle.
Taxonomic concepts
Collections
Notes
editorial
Lavatera and Malva as currently defined are mixed and the epicalyx character used in Webb et al. (1988) doesn’t work to distinguish between them. There are distinct diagnosable groups within Malva but the necessary taxonomic rearrangement needed has not been published yet (April 2020).
Metadata
fed8a876-dccc-4219-9bf6-6c93e073460e
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 April 2020
