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rosea

Taxon

Alcea rosea L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 687. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Alcea rosea prob. cv. 'nigra'--ID. Blaine Co. Sawtooth Botanical Garden. 18 July 02. 047.jpg

Alcea rosea prob. cv. 'nigra'--ID. Blaine Co. Sawtooth Botanical Garden. 18 July 02. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Türkiye; introduced into 114 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (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

No collection number

July 18, 2002

Location

United States, Idaho (Sawtooth Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

5 miles S of Ketchum, junction of Gimlet Road and Highway 75..

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Alcea

Specific Epithet

rosea

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#286,632 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

36%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →