Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Althaea rosea (L.) Cav., Diss. 2: 91. 1786.
  • Malva florida Salisb., Prodr. : 381. 1796, nom. illeg.
  • Malva rosea (L.) E.H.L.Krause in Sturm, Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2, 6: 245. 1901.

• Heterotypic
  • Alcea cretica (Weinm.) Greuter, Willdenowia 8(3): 558. 1979.
  • Alcea ficifolia L., Sp. Pl. 687. 1753.
  • Alcea ficifolia Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 127. 1878, nom. illeg.
  • Alcea rosea var. sibthorpii Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 832. 1867.
  • Althaea caribaea Sims in Curtis, Bot. Mag., : tab. 1916. 1817.
  • Althaea chinensis Wall., Catal. : n° 2689. 1828.
  • Althaea coromandeliana Cav., Diss., 2: 93. 1786.
  • Althaea cretica Weinm., Syll. Ratisb. 2: 171. 1828.
  • Althaea × cultorum Bergmans
  • Althaea ficifolia (L.) Cav., Diss. 2: 92, tab. 28 fig. 2. 1786.
  • Althaea flexuosa Sims, Bot. Mag. 23: t. 892. 1805.
  • Althaea rosea var. sibthorpii (Boiss.) Fiori & Paol., Fl. Italia 2: 262. 1901.
  • Althaea rosea var. sinensis (Cav.) S.Y.Hu, 1955.
  • Althaea sinensis Cav., Diss. 2, Secunda Diss. Bot. 92 (t. 29, f. 3). 1786.
  • Althaea sinensis Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 1: 552. 1837, non Cav. (1786).
  • Althaea tabrisiana Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 44. 1860.

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 687. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. 1989. The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. 544 pp., London, Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-40170-2. Reference page. 

Links

• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Alcea rosea. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2010 Jan 15.

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alcea rosea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.