kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
order: Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl >
family: Malvaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Malvoideae Burnett >
genus: Alcea L. >
?Armenia; Turkey (E-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia); Iran (W-Iran)