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Description

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Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves simple, 3-5-veined from the base. Flowers small, in dense clusters, these sometimes merging to form spikes or corymbs. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, yellow. Staminodes 0 or inconspicuous. Ovary 1-locular. Capsule 1-seeded.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Waltheria Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=953
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Waltheria

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Waltheria is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is sometimes placed in Sterculiaceae.^[1] The name honours German botanist Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688–1746).^[3]

Selected species

Waltheria calcicola Urb. – Raichie
Waltheria indica L. – Basora-prieta, ʻuhaloa^[4]^[5]
Waltheria virgata - Ewart & Cookson^[6]
Waltheria tomentosa

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Genus: Waltheria L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
^ Linnaeus, C. (1753). "Waltheria". Species Plantarum. 2: 673.
^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2817. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
^ "Waltheria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Waltheria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
^ "Waltheria virgata Ewart & Cookson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

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Waltheria: Brief Summary

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Waltheria is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is sometimes placed in Sterculiaceae. The name honours German botanist Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688–1746).

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