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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Althaea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Althaea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Malvanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 242. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Malvales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 43. 1829.       Subordo  Malvineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxxxi. Jul 1841.       Familia  Malvaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 271. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Mallows       Genus  Althaea L. common name: marshmallow

Named members of the Genus Althaea

1	Species  hirsuta L. common name: hairy marshmallow
2	Species  officinalis L. common name: marshmallow
3	Species  rosea (L.) Cav. syn. Alcea rosea

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.