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Malva pseudolavatera

Paekakariki.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/10/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Calyx and epicalyx. Paekakariki.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/10/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Lavatera cretica.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

Cretan mallow

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple, White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Malva

Family

Malvaceae

Authority

Malva pseudolavatera Webb & Berthel.

Synonyms

Lavatera cretica, Malva linnaei

Taxonomic notes

Long known as Lavatera cretica in New Zealand. Recently this species has been transferred to Malva by Ray (1998).

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1940

Origin

S. and W. Europe, N. Africa, Asia Minor

Other information

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

MALPSE

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Ray, M.F. 1998: New combinations in Malva (Malvaceae: Malveae). Novon 8: 288-295.

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