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Alcea rosea

Flowering Plants

Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae. It was brought to Europe from southwestern China around or before the 15th century, and the herbalist William Turner gave it the name holyoke, from which its English common name derives. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GU Unrankable 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Alcea rosea 5

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 6

Connections

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Source Wikidata: Alcea rosea

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Sources

1. Alcea rosea (Wikipedia)

lead sentence (diet), EntityId 363492
Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 363492
In herbal medicine, which may lack evidence, hollyhock is believed to be an emollient and laxative.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Alcea rosea

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GU"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Malvales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12420

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"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Malvales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Wikipedia: Alcea rosea

WikipediaWikidata Q27682 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

6. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Alcea rosea

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record

Quote, iucnRedListCategory record

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Malvaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67980

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67980

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Malvales","family":"Malvaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"锦葵科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Wikidata: Alcea rosea

Child Taxon Of: Malvaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

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