Malvaceae

Malvastrum A.Gray

First published in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4: 21 (1849)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Southwest Caribbean, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Easter Is., Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Line Is., Madeira, Malawi, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New York, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 177.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Kearney in Leafl. West. Bot. 5: 23 (1947)
  • Kearney in Leafl. West. Bot. 7: 238 (1955) nom. conserv.
  • in Mem. Amer. Acad. Sci., N.S., 4: 21 (1849).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts N.S. 4: 2 adnot. (1849)
  • Rhodora 84: part I, 1–83, part II, 159–264, part III, 317–409 (1982), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Nguyen, V.D., et al. [HNK 2005] Vietnam K001045554 No
Jan 1, 2009 Renvoize, S.A. [3310] Argentina K000324654 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [19441] Bolivia K000324656 No
Jan 1, 2009 Wood, J.R.I. [22913] Bolivia K000324655 No
Jan 1, 1963 Drege [s.n.] K000240489 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1963 K000240282 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Drege [s.n.] K000240286 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Drege [s.n.] K000240284 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Elton. [s.n.] K000240283 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lins, E. [100] Brazil K001213893 Yes
Drege [s.n.] K000240287 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] K000240285 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0