Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G.Don [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Sphaeralcea angustifolia var. angustifolia

Sphaeralcea angustifolia var. oblongifolia (A.Gray) Shinners

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
copper globe mallow	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
copper globe-mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
copper globemallow	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hierba del negro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
narrowleaf desertmallow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
narrowleaf globemallow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vara de san josé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaves		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malva angustifolia Cav. Diss. 2: 64 (1786).
Malvastrum angustifolium (Cav.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 99 (1879).
Malveopsis angustifolia (Cav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891).
Sphaeroma angustifolium (Cav.) Schltdl. Linnaea 11: 353 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G.Don	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sphaeralcea angustifolia G.Don	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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