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Malva sylvestris L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 689.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malvales
family
Malvaceae
genus
Malva
species
Malva sylvestris

Name

Synonyms
Althaea godronii Alef.
Althaea vulgaris (Fr.) Alef.
Malva acutiloba K.Koch
Malva acutiloba Sennen
Malva albiflora C.Presl
Malva altissima Sennen
Malva ambigua Guss.
Malva ambigua var. microphylla Rouy
Malva aragonensis Sennen
Malva ciliata Wall.
Malva elata Pomel
Malva elata Salisb.
Malva equina Wallr.
Malva erecta C.Presl
Malva erecta Gilib., 1782
Malva erevaniana Takht.
Malva glabra Desr.
Malva grossheimii Iljin
Malva gymnocarpa Pomel
Malva hirsuta C.Presl
Homonyms
Malva sylvestris L.
Common names
Almindelig katost in Danish
Almindelig katost in Danish
Almindelig katost in Danish
Almindelig katost in Danish
Blue Mallow in English
Büyük ebegümeci in Turkish
Cheeses in English
Common Mallow in English
Common Mallow in English
Common Mallow in English
Common Mallow in English
Common Mallow (EN); Malvilla (ES); Mauve des bois (FR) in language.
Common Mallow (EN); Malvilla (ES); Mauve des bois (FR) in language.
Common Mallow, Mallow Flowers, Tree Mallow in English
Common mallow, Mallow flowers, Tree mallow in English
Crni sljez in Bosnian
Dzëwô panienka in language.
Ebegümeci in Turkish
Ebegümeci in Turkish
Erdei mályva in Hungarian
Forest Mallow in English
Garden Mallow in English
Garden Mallow in language.
Garden Mallow in language.
Garten-Malve in German
Glyf Gyffredin in Welsh
Gozdni slezenovec in Slovenian
Grande mauve in French
Grande mauve in French
Grande mauve in French
Groot kaasjeskruid in Dutch
Große Käsepappel in German
High Mallow in English
High Malva in English
High mallow in English
High mallow in English
Hocas in Irish
Hocys in Welsh
Hocys Cyffredin in Welsh
Hocysen in Welsh
Hocysen Gyffredin in Welsh
Hocysen hocys in Welsh
Large flowered mallow in English
Lus na Meall Muire in Irish
Lus nam Meall Mòra in Scottish Gaelic
Malba arrunt in Basque
Malva comuna in Catalan–Valencian
Malva de campo in Spanish
Malva selvatica in Italian
Malva selvatica in Italian

Bibliographic References

  1. Alaska Exotic Plants Information Clearinghouse (AKEPIC) (2021), https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/invasive-species/non-native-plant-species-list
  2. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
  4. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  5. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  6. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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