Malva cretica

Malva cretica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Malva
Species:	M. cretica
Binomial name
	Malva cretica; Cav.
Synonyms
	Althaea hirsutaSieber ex Steud.; Dinacrusa cretica(Cav.) G.Krebs; Malva hirsutaTen.;

Last updated October 01, 2025

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]

References

1 2 "Malva cretica Cav". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
↑ 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.

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[561609-1-1] 1 2 "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.

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