Malva cretica is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Italy, Albania, Greece, the eastern Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, and Turkey, and introduced to France.[1] There may be a subspecies, Malva cretica subsp. althaeoides, present in Spain.[2]

Malva cretica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Species:
M. cretica
Binomial name
Malva cretica
Synonyms[1]
  • Althaea hirsuta Sieber ex Steud.
  • Dinacrusa cretica (Cav.) G.Krebs
  • Malva hirsuta Ten.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Malva cretica Cav". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ Del Guacchio, Emanuele; Vallariello, Roberta; Iamonico, Duilio (2020). "Taxonomic investigations on Malva cretica s.l. (Malvaceae)" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 77: 095. doi:10.3989/ajbm.2539. S2CID 225214394.