5059.000 Waltheria L.

Description of the genus

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.

Derivation of name: for Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688-1746), German anatomist, botanist and physician.

Worldwide: 30-50 species, mostly tropical America.

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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Species	Content
indica L.	Description, Image

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