Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Malvales > Family Malvaceae > Genus Malva

Malva lusitanica (L.) Valdés

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Malva*	L.	accepted genus name
*Bismalva*	Medik.	synonym
*Lavatera*	L.	synonym
*Navaea*	Webb & Berthel.	synonym
*Saviniona*	Webb & Berthel.	synonym
*Stegia*	DC.	synonym

Species group names

*Lavatera lusitanica*	L.	basionym
*Lavatera lusitanica*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Lavatera micans*	L.	heterotypic synonym
*Lavatera triloba*	L.	heterotypic synonym
*Lavatera triloba var. hispanica*	R. Fern.	heterotypic synonym
*Malva micans*	(L.) Alef.	heterotypic synonym
*Lavatera rotundata*	Lázaro Ibiza	synonym

Children

Malva lusitanica (L.) Valdés subsp. lusitanica
Malva lusitanica subsp. minoricensis (Cambess.) Valdés
Malva lusitanica subsp. pallescens (Moris) Valdés

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Portuguese: malvaiscâo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: malvavisco loco

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Valdés in Willdenowia 41. 2011.

Taxon found in 2 publications.

Genbank

No records found.

Citation

Valdés, B. (2011): Malvaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Malva lusitanica (L.) Valdés. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=F5F13640-9787-48CE-A5B0-EDF3612B5032