Malva aethiopica C.J.S.Davis, nom. nov.

Basionym: Lavatera abyssinica J.Hutchinson & E.A.Bruce in J.B. Gillett (1941:107), non Malva abyssinica A.Braun (= Malva verticillata L.).

Type: Ethiopia (‘Abyssinia’). Slopes of Mt Sarerta, 8000 ft, 23 February 1933, J. B. Gillett 5195 (holotype K-000240293, isotypes FT, P), Figure 1 .