Taxon: Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var. arboreus

Summary

Genus:

Malvaviscus

Family:

Malvaceae

Subfamily:

Malvoideae

Tribe:

Hibisceae

Nomen number:

465315

Verified:

05/15/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. (2 active accession[s])
Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var. drummondii (Torr. & A. Gray) Schery (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var. mexicanus Schltdl.
Malvaviscus conzattii Greenm.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1540.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: as Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus
Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	wax-mallow	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1540.
German	gewöhnliche Beerenmalve	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1540.
German	mexikanische Beerenmalve	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1540.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.		Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.
2	Cultivated					widely cult.	Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Virgin Islands, U.S.]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Cultivated (widely cult.)

Reference(s)

Turner, B. L. & M. G. Mendenhall. 1993. A revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:442-447.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: as Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=465315. Accessed 13 May 2026.