Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malope lutea Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 147 (1832).
Malope malacoides Walter Fl. Carol.: 176 (1788), sensu auct.
Malva americana L. Sp. Pl.: 687 (1753).
Malva astrolasia Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 168 (1841).
Malva blumeana Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 94 (1841), not validly publ.
Malva brachystachya F.Muell. Linnaea 25: 378 (1853).
Malva curassavica Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 754 (1792).
Malva fluminensis Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 287 (1829).
Malva gangetica L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 967 (1763).
Malva macrostachya C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 120 (1835).
Malva ovata Cav. Diss. 2: 81 (1786).
Malva polystachya Cav. Diss. 5: 280 (1788).
Malva spicata L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1146 (1759).
Malva spicata var. ovata (Cav.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 100 (1879).
Malva sublobata Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 754 (1792).
Malva timoriensis DC. Prodr. 1: 430 (1824).
Malva trachelifolia Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 209 (1822).
Malvastrum americanum var. stellatum S.R.Hill Brittonia 32: 464 (1980 publ. 1981).
Malvastrum macrostachyum (C.Presl) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 99 (1879).
Malvastrum spicatum (L.) A.Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4: 22 (1849).
Malvastrum trachelifolium (Link) Ulbr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 509 (1915).
Malveopsis americana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891).
Malveopsis macrostachya (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891).
Malveopsis spicata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891).
Malveopsis spicata var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891), not validly publ.
Malveopsis spicata f. rubra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891).
Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25: 457 (1988).
Sida betulifolia Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 74 (1826).
Sphaeralcea americana (L.) Metz Contrib. Biol. Lab. Catholic Univ. Amer. 16: 142 (1934).
Visenia spicata (L.) Colla Herb. Pedem. 1: 431 (1833).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Malvastrum americanum Torreya	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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