Waltheria indica

Waltheria indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Byttnerioideae
Tribus: Hermannieae
Genus: Waltheria
Species: Waltheria indica

Name

Waltheria indica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 673 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K.Schum. in Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 47 (1900).
  • Waltheria arborescens Cav., Diss. 6: 316 (1788), nom. illeg.

• Heterotypic
  • Melochia corchorifolia var. densiflora K.Schum., in ?
  • Waltheria africana Schum., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 296 (1827).
  • Waltheria americana L., Sp. Pl. 2: 673 (1753).
  • Waltheria americana var. densiflora K.Schum. in Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 46 (1900).
  • Waltheria americana var. elliptica (Cav.) K.Schum. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 12(3): 65 (1886).
  • Waltheria americana var. sahelica Roberty, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Ser. A, Sci. Nat. 15: 1403 (1953).
  • Waltheria americana var. subspicata K.Schum. in Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 47 (1900).
  • Waltheria angustifolia L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10 (1140) (1759).
  • Waltheria corchorifolia Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 216 (1806).
  • Waltheria detonsa A.Gray, Pl. Wright 2: 24 (1853).
  • Waltheria elliptica Cav., Diss. 6: 316, t. 171(2) (1788).
  • Waltheria erioclada DC., Prodr. 1: 493 (1824).
  • Waltheria guineensis Schum. & Thonn. in Schum., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 295 (1827).
  • Waltheria indica var. americana (L.) R.Br. ex Hosaka, Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 13: 224 (1937).
  • Waltheria laevis Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. Pl. 55 (1820).
  • Waltheria laxa Thulin, Nord. J. Bot. 19(1): 13 (1999).
  • Waltheria makinoi Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22: 61 (1906).
  • Waltheria microphylla Cav., Diss. 6: 317, t. 170(2) (1788).
  • Waltheria ovata Cav., Diss. 6: 317, t. 171(1) (1788).
  • Waltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast. in Oliv. & al., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 235 (1868).
  • Waltheria pyrolifolia A.Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 190 (1854).
  • Waltheria wildii Suess., Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 107 (1951).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Central America Belize, Central American Pac, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Continental:Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Texas Regional: Southeastern USA Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexican Pacific Is, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Alabama, Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Easter Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 673. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Waltheria indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Waltheria indica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Waltheria indica. Published online. Accessed: September 11 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Waltheria indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Waltheria indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.
• Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Waltheria indica in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Dec 30.
• 'eFloras 2008. Waltheria indica in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Meidebossie
English: Boater bush, Sleepy morning
isiNdebele seSewula: isiKolanjiba
Sesotho sa Leboa: Mokhutesela
Sesotho: Lexutasela
Setswana: Seretwane
Tshivenda: Delelemukula

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