Taxon:
Waltheria indica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:673. 1753
Comment:
according to Shenzhen ICN 11, Ex. 22, Brown (in Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 484. 1818) was the first to unite Waltheria americana L. (1753) and W. indica L. (1753), and he adopted the name W. indica for the combined species, giving this name priority over the other.
Verified:
01/18/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java. Note: = Waltheria americana L.
- Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
- Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Camargo, L. A. G. 1970-. Catalogo ilustrado de las plantas de Cundinamarca (Colombia). Note: = Waltheria americana L.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
- Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
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- Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998-. Flora de la República de Cuba
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- Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
- Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
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- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
- Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. Note: = Waltheria americana L.
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- Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
- Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. Note: = Waltheria americana L.
- Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Waltheria americana L.
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
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Common names
English
boaterbush – buff-coat – leather-coat – monkeybush – sleepy-morning – velvetleaf – Spanish
basora prieta – escobillo blanco – guimauve – hierba del soldado – malvavisco – mauve-gris –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin neotropics |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (s.)]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona (s.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics)
Other
(probable origin neotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | | Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. |
Weed | | | Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do |
Weed | | | Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. |