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Malva cretica

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Species of plant in the genus Malva Not to be confused with Malva cretica (L.) Pau, a synonym of Malva multiflora.

Malva cretica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Species: M. cretica
Binomial name
Malva cretica
Cav.
Synonyms
  • Althaea hirsuta Sieber ex Steud.
  • Dinacrusa cretica (Cav.) G.Krebs
  • Malva hirsuta Ten.

Malva cretica is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Italy, Albania, Greece, the eastern Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, and Turkey, and introduced to France. There may be a subspecies, Malva cretica subsp. althaeoides, present in Spain.

References

  1. ^ "Malva cretica Cav". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. Del Guacchio, Emanuele; Vallariello, Roberta; Iamonico, Duilio (2020). "Taxonomic investigations on Malva cretica s.l. (Malvaceae)" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 77: 095. doi:10.3989/ajbm.2539. S2CID 225214394.
Taxon identifiers
Malva cretica


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