Taxon: Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus (no accessions)
• Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (1 accessions)

Common names:

• Drummond's wax-mallow   (Source: Native Pl Database [http://www.wildflower.org/mobile/plants/result.php?id_plant=MAARD]) – English   [Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii]
  
• Texas-mallow   (Source: Native Pl Database [http://www.wildflower.org/mobile/plants/result.php?id_plant=MAARD]) – English   [Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii]
  
• Turk's-cap   (Source: Native Pl Database [http://www.wildflower.org/mobile/plants/result.php?id_plant=MAARD]) – English   [Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii]
  
• Turk's-cap   (Source: Native Pl Database [http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=maar14]) – English
  
• wax-mallow   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English   [Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus]
  
• gewöhnliche Beerenmalve   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus]
  
• mexikanische Beerenmalve   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus]
  
• flor de santos   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• manzanillo   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• monacillo   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• obelisco de la sierra   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• tripa de buey   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• tulipancillo   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• bärmalva   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad; Virgin Islands (U.S.) - St. Thomas
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Western South America: Colombia [n.]

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442–449.
• University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Malvaviscus arboreus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Malvaviscus arboreus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Malvaviscus arboreus.

Synonyms:

• (=) Achania mollis Aiton
  
• Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus Schltdl. [= Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus]
  
• Malvaviscus conzattii Greenm. [= Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Malvaviscus drummondii Torr. & A. Gray [≡ Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii]
  

Check other web resources for Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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