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Malva verticillata L.
MALVACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 4 Dec 2009
Source of Report for California  
a Smith, C.F. 1976. A Flora of the Santa Barbara Region, California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
b Hrusa et al., ms later published in Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DISTRIBUTION: SCo.; STATUS: unknown.
c Hrusa et al., Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DIST: SCo: Hrusa et al. Current Status: No current information: DOC: Santa Barbara Co., Ventura Co.: Smith, C.F. (1976, pg. 193).
Initial Editorial Comments Malva verticillata var. crispa "reported from Mill V., Marin Co.; native of Old World" in Munz; in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], listed as synonym of Malva neglecta (included in brackets, the format for syns) but with the statement "sometimes identified as Malva rotundifolia L. or M. verticillata L. var. crispa L.", suggesting contributor considers it a misapplied name; indicated, with Malva verticillata var. crispa as syn, as exotic, scattered in NA in Kartesz & Meacham; according to Source c, status uncertain (20 Feb 2003)
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Steven R. Hill see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Malva verticillata L. var. crispa L. is to be treated as a garden and urban weed.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, not naturalized in CA, a garden and urban weed
Current Status JFP-4, accepted name for taxon occurring in CA only as agricultural or garden weed
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 4 Dec 2009
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Malva
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Malva

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