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Taxon

Malva moschata L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 690. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 106.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 106.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 108.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 108.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 105.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 105.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 103.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 103.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 102.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 102.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 104.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 104.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 107.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 107.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 109.jpg

Malva moschata--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 109.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces; introduced into Ecuador, Madeira, Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

September 4, 2004

Location

United States, Arizona, Coconino (Arboretum at Flagstaff)

Location Remarks

West of Flagstaff on Route 66, then 3.8 miles south on Woody Mountain Road

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Malva

Specific Epithet

moschata

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#275,620 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →