WFO Plant List | World Flora Online

As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Althaea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 686 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000001416.

Statistics

${ isRankTypeStat ? 'Rank' : 'Status'}	Total	%
◼︎ ${ stat.label }	${ formatNumber(stat.value) }	${ percentage(stat.value) }%
Total	${formatNumber(currentTotalValues)}

Choose statistic to display:

Species names in Althaea (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('species'))})

All names in Althaea (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('roles'))})

Accepted names at all ranks within Althaea (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('accepted'))})

All names at all ranks within Althaea (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('ranks'))})

Synonyms of Althaea

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Ferberia	Scop.	Intr. Hist. Nat. : 281 (1777)		wfo-4000044299

Species in Althaea ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
			—	${taxonConcept.hasName.id}
			—	${synonym.id}

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Althaea:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Althaea australis	W.R.Barker	Fl. S. Austral. 4: 2146 (1986)	wfo-0000528908
Althaea balearica	Rodriguez	Fl. Menorca : 24 (1904)	wfo-0000528910
Althaea bertolae	Colla	Herb. Pedem. 1: 388 (1833)	wfo-0000528911
Althaea danubialis	Gand.	Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 6 (1883)	wfo-0000528933
Althaea glabriflora	Ledeb. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. : 60 (1826)	wfo-0000528946
Althaea kashmiriana	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 66. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]	wfo-0000528923
Althaea keredjensis	Bornm. & Gauba	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 39, in obs., sine descr. lat. 1942	wfo-0001353646
Althaea laxiflora	A.DC.	Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 10: 1 (1847)	wfo-0000528975
Althaea macroclada	Gand.	Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 6 (1883)	wfo-0000528986
Althaea microphylla	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 66 (1891)	wfo-0000528998
Althaea pantocsekii	Gand.	Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 6 (1883)	wfo-0000529021
Althaea pavisii	Guétrot	Pl. Hybr. France 2: 70. 1927	wfo-1000036274
Althaea pichleri	Gand.	Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 6 (1883)	wfo-0000529025
Althaea pulchra	Klotzsch	Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar : 112 (1862)	wfo-0000529029
Althaea sieberi	hort. ex G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 486. 1830	wfo-0000529039
Althaea sintenisii	Hausskn. ex Baker f.	J. Bot. 32: 35 (1894)	wfo-0000529043
Althaea speciosa	Vis.	Orto Bot. Padova : 132 (1842)	wfo-0000529044
Althaea sulphurea	Boiss. & Hohen.	Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 108 (1849)	wfo-0000529050
Althaea sylvestris	Briganti ex Ten.	Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. : 540 (1831)	wfo-0000529051
Althaea tournefortiana	Tausch	Flora 12: 9 (1829)	wfo-0000529058
Althaea vranjensis	Diklić & V.Nikolić	Glasn. Republ. Zavoda Zatitu Prir. Prirodnjacke Zbirke Titogradu 15: 64 (1982)	wfo-0000529070
Althaea wolffii	Ulbr.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 520 (1915)	wfo-0000529072