Malvaceae

Waltheria L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 673 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America, W. Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Peninsula Malaysia, N. Australia, Central Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Marquesas, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Western Australia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Easter Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Line Is., Malawi, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Rondón, J.B. (2008). Revisión taxonómica del gênero Walteria L. (Sterculiaceae) en Venezuela. Ernstia 18: 7-36.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 235.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 304 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 673 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pls. 5: 242 (2003)
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 304 (1754);
  • Sp. Pl. 673 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 30, 2006 Souza, V. [25803] Brazil K000194108 No
Oct 1, 1995 Saunders, J.; Prado, J.; Kameyana, C. [3167] Brazil K000381062 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Saunders, J.; Prado, J.; Kameyana, C. [3167] Brazil K000381060 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Saunders, J.; Prado, J.; Kameyana, C. [3167] Brazil K000381061 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Saunders, J.; Breyer, L.; Eiten, G. [2053] Brazil K000381058 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Saunders, J.G.; Breyer, L.; Eiten, G. [2071] Brazil K000381059 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Smith, H.H. [468] Colombia K000381057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2,200] Zambia K:SPC-25375.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0