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Family : Sterculiaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 673 (1753)  |
| Information on the genus : Waltheria |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K. Schum. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Waltheria americana L. |
| =Waltheria americana var. subspicata K. Schum. |
| =Waltheria americana var. sahelica Roberty (1953) |
| =Waltheria laxa Thulin (1999) |
| =Waltheria elliptica Cav. (1788) |
| =Melochia corchorifolia var. densiflora K. Schum. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial herb or subshrub 0,75->1,5 m tall. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
woodland and bushland; often on rocky hills or on gravelly soil; river-beds; humid sand of depressions; dune and sandy, grassy plains; flooded areas; also ruderal; savanna; cultivated ground; 5-1650 m alt. |
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(pantropical) |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: annual -Herb - Ht 0.6 - 1.3 m. Alt: 30 - 1585 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, SWZ |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb, Shrub; distribution: Africa. Comoros, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Sterculiaceae : 127 (2007).
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:290 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 131 (1985).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295
- LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: 100
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 115 (2000).
- List. Esp. Sylv. Canarias : 121 (2004).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Germplasm Resources Information Network |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°120527 modified 2009-06-24 |
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