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

Althaea officinalis L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Althaea*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Althaea balearica*	J. J. Rodr.	heterotypic synonym
*Althaea micrantha*	Borbás	heterotypic synonym
*Althaea officinalis subsp. micrantha*	(Borbás) Dostál	heterotypic synonym
*Althaea officinalis subsp. pseudoarmeniaca*	(Polg.) Soó	heterotypic synonym
*Althaea officinalis var. pseudoarmeniaca*	Polg.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: altea; malbobisco; malobisco; malobispo; malvavisco 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).

Asturian: malbariscu 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).

Catalan: altea; fregador; malva blanca; malva borda; malví; malvinera; malvins; malvís 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).

Euskera: ciguiboila; gloria; gloriatze; gloriatze malbabizku; malba zuri; malba zuria; malbabisko; malbabizku; malba-bizkua; malbaiscuba; malba-zuría; malvabizku; malvaxuni; malva-zuri; zigiboilla 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).

Galician: altea; alteia; malvadisco; malvarisco; malvavisco; malverisco 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).

High Aragonese: malbobisco; malbobispo; malobispo 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).

Majorcan: mauvi; mauví; melvins 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).

Portuguese: alteia; althea; canhamera; malvaisco; malvavisco; malvaysco; malví 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: altea; altea áspera; altea común; bismalva; camarmaje; cañamera; hierba cañamera; hierbacañamera; lavaradisco; malbaxuni; malbaxuri; malvabisco; malvarizco; malvavisco común; malvavisco verdadero; malvavizco; malvisco; marmait; vivisco; yerba cañamera 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).

Valencian: altea; malvina; malvíns (raíz)

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. (2011): Malvaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Althaea officinalis L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=D8D3954C-80B2-423B-837A-678934DCDE71