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Malvaceae

Palaua

Palaua moschata Cav.

First published in Diss. 1: 41 (1785)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Peru. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
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Native to:

Peru

Heterotypic Synonyms

Palaua lomageiton Ulbr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 516 (1932)
Palaua moschata var. macrantha R.E.Fr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 24(2): 3 (1947)
Palaua prostrata G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 290 (1830)
Sidalcea nodosa Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(I): 566 (1863)

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.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0