The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Malva

The genus Malva is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Malva

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Malva aegyptia L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva alcea L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva arborea (L.) Webb & Berthel. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M.F. Ray Accepted M TRO
Malva borealis Wallman Accepted M TRO
Malva cathayensis M.G. Gilbert, Y. Tang & Dorr Accepted M TRO
Malva cretica Cav. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva erecta J. Presl & C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Malva hispanica L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva iljinii Riedl Accepted M TRO
Malva lindsayi (Moran) M.F. Ray Accepted M TRO
Malva linnaei M.F.Ray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva moschata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva neglecta Wallr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva nicaeensis All. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva occidentalis (S. Watson) M.F. Ray Accepted M TRO
Malva parviflora L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva pusilla Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva stipulacea Cav. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva sylvestris L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva thuringiaca (L.) Vis. Accepted M TRO
Malva tournefortiana L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva trimestris (L.) Salisb. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Malva verticillata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva vidalii (Pau) Molero & J.M.Monts. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malva wigandii (Alef.) M.F. Ray Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 463 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Malva. Of these 26 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Malva. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 463 species names for the genus Malva recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 26 5.6%
Synonym 162 35.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 275 59.4%

All names

The status of the 481 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Malva recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 29 6.0%
Synonym 177 36.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 275 57.2%

Of these names,

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 463 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Malva, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 25 161 0 0 186 40.2%
Low confidence 1 1 0 275 277 59.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Malva, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 9 106 0 4 0 119 25.7%
WCSP (in review) 17 56 0 271 2 346 74.7%