Malva pusilla — Details

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Overview

Distribution

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Malva pusilla Sm.:
Ecuador (South America)
Kyrgyzstan (Asia)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Mongolia (Asia)
Turkmenistan (Asia)
Uzbekistan (Asia)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Bolivia (South America)
China (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
  • Fryxell, P. A. 1992. 118. Malvaceae. 44: 1–141. In G. W. Harling & B. B. Sparre (eds.) Fl. Ecuador. University of Göteborg and Swedish Museum of Natural history, Göteborg and Stockholm.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/37532 External link.
  • Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1371 External link.
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42250 External link.
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2007. Fl. China 12: 1–534. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1032250 External link.
  • Arroyo Padilla, L. & D. Villarroel Segarra. 2009. Las Plantas con Flores. 81–139. In L. Arroyo Padilla & S. P. Churchill Inventarios Bot. Área Bella Vista. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado & Missouri Botanical Garden, Santa Cruz de la Sierra.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100001832 External link.
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

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Malva rotundifolia L.:
Canada (North America)
United States (North America)

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National Distribution

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Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

Morphology

Description

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Herbs perennial, usually procumbent, many branched, 20-50 cm tall, scabrous. Stipule small, ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 × 2-3 mm; petiole 3-12 cm, stellate velutinous; leaf blade reniform, rarely 5-7-lobed, 1-3 × 1-4 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely stellate puberulent, adaxially sparsely velutinous, base cordate, margin minutely denticulate, apex rounded. Flowers usually 3-4-fascicled, axillary, rarely solitary on stem. Pedicel 2-5 cm, sparsely stellate puberulent. Epicalyx lobes lanceolate, 2-5 × 1-1.5 mm, stellate puberulent. Calyx campanulate, 5-6 mm, stellate puberulent, 5-lobed, lobes triangularly acuminate. Corolla white to pinkish, 10-12 mm in diam.; petals obcordate, 9-15 × 3-5 mm, apex notched; claw bearded. Filament tube stellate puberulent. Style branches 13-15. Fruit flat globose, 5-6 mm in diam.; mericarps 12-15, abaxially smooth, angles rounded, puberulent. Seeds reniform, ca. 1 mm in diam., reticulate or not. Fl. summer.
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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

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Malva lignescens Iljin; M. rotundifolia Linnaeus, nom. utique rej.
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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

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Grassy slopes, open areas. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Asia, Europe].
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Malva rotundifolia

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


No available public DNA sequences.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Malva rotundifolia

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Names and Taxonomy

Taxonomy

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Comments: Considered exotic in North America (23 Mar 94). The name Malva pusilla has been misapplied to M. rotundifolia (i.e., Kartesz (1994) places M. pusilla auct. non Sm. in synonymy of M. rotundifolia).

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