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Internal ID UUID643ffe09927e6576507052
Scientific name Malva cretica
Authority Cav.
First published in Diss. 2: 67 (1786)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Althaea hirsuta Sieber ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 66. 1840
Dinacrusa cretica (Cav.) G.Krebs Feddes Repert. 105: 309 (1994)
Malva althaeoides var. cretica (Cav.) Baker

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic خبازة كريتية
Swedish kretamalva

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Malva cretica subsp. althaeoides (Cav.) Dalby Feddes Repert. 74: 26 1967
Malva cretica subsp. althaeoides (Cav.) Bég. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 16: 111 (1909)
Malva cretica subsp. cretica

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  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000449341
Tropicos 50124525
INPN 107243
Flora of Italy 3097
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561609-1
The Plant List kew-2503655
Open Tree Of Life 297253
Observations.org 119711
NCBI Taxonomy 446342
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002592
IPNI 561609-1
iNaturalist 490223
GBIF 3934600
EPPO MALCR
Wikipedia Malva_cretica

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_058315435.1 ASM5831543v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2026-06-21 60 799.46 Mb

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Fire‐released seed dormancy ‐ a global synthesis Pausas JG, Lamont BB Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 06-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9540907
doi:10.1111/brv.12855
PMID:35384243
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Infection in a Monocotyledonous Weed (Eleusine indica) Kil EJ, Byun HS, Hwang H, Lee KY, Choi HS, Kim CS, Lee S Plant Pathol J 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8666239
doi:10.5423/PPJ.FT.11.2021.0162
PMID:34897255
Floristic and Vegetation Changes on a Small Mediterranean Island over the Last Century Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Guarino R, Minissale P, Pasta S, Tavilla G, Cristaudo A Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8065674
doi:10.3390/plants10040680
PMID:33916121
The wild taxa utilized as vegetables in Sicily (Italy): a traditional component of the Mediterranean diet Geraci A, Amato F, Di Noto G, Bazan G, Schicchi R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5813353
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0215-x
PMID:29444678

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