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Mallows
Malva
Malva is a genus of herbaceous or woody, annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Mallow
speciesMalva sylvestris
dwarf mallow
speciesMalva neglecta
musk mallow
speciesMalva moschata
cheeseweed mallow
speciesMalva parviflora
Cretan mallow
speciesMalva multiflora
Tree Mallow
speciesMalva arborea
Eastern Tree-mallow
speciesMalva thuringiaca
Island Mallow
speciesMalva assurgentiflora
Greater Musk-mallow
speciesMalva alcea
Small Mallow
speciesMalva pusilla
Royal Mallow
speciesMalva trimestris
Sea Mallow
speciesMalva subovata
bull mallow
speciesMalva nicaeensis
Rough Marsh-mallow
speciesMalva setigera
Malva hispanica
speciesMalva hispanica
Whorled Mallow
speciesMalva verticillata
Malva erecta
speciesMalva erecta
Malva tournefortiana
speciesMalva tournefortiana
tree lavatera
speciesMalva olbia
Spotted-stalked Tree-mallow
speciesMalva punctata
Australian Hollyhock
speciesMalva weinmanniana
Garden Tree-mallow
hybridMalva × clementii
Malva excisa
speciesMalva excisa
Malva acerifolia
speciesMalva acerifolia
Cretan hollyhock
speciesMalva cretica
Malva lusitanica
speciesMalva lusitanica
Australian Hollyhock
speciesMalva preissiana
Bryony-leaved Tree-mallow
speciesMalva unguiculata
Egyptian Mallow
speciesMalva aegyptia
San Benito Island mallow
speciesMalva pacifica
Malva oblongifolia
speciesMalva oblongifolia
Malva durieui
speciesMalva durieui
Malva trifida
speciesMalva trifida
Malva ludwigii
speciesMalva ludwigii
Malva assurgentiflora × Malva pacifica
hybridMalva assurgentiflora × Malva pacifica
Malva cavanillesiana
speciesMalva cavanillesiana
Malva occidentalis
speciesMalva occidentalis
Malva phoenicea
speciesMalva phoenicea
Malva arborea × assurgentiflora
hybridMalva arborea × assurgentiflora
Kashmir Mallow
speciesMalva cachemiriana
Malva stenopetala
speciesMalva stenopetala
Malva lindsayi
speciesMalva lindsayi
Malva maroccana
speciesMalva maroccana
Malva × intermedia
hybridMalva × intermedia
Malva oxyloba
speciesMalva oxyloba
Malva longiflora
speciesMalva longiflora
Malva agrigentina
speciesMalva agrigentina
Malva × columbretensis
hybridMalva × columbretensis
Malva flava
speciesMalva flava
Malva × litoralis
hybridMalva × litoralis
Malva × inodora
hybridMalva × inodora
Malva × egarensis
hybridMalva × egarensis
Malva × arbosii
hybridMalva × arbosii
Malva × adulterina
hybridMalva × adulterina
Malva xizangensis
speciesMalva xizangensis
Malva waziristanensis
speciesMalva waziristanensis
Malva vidalii
speciesMalva vidalii
Malva valdesii
speciesMalva valdesii
Malva qaiseri
speciesMalva qaiseri
Malva microphylla
speciesMalva microphylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbarius
1485 · p.184
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 4 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.31
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.413
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.242
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.241
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.506
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.211
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.184
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.252
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.183
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.109
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.205
In the stacks
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Every page naming Malva in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55978.