{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr 060305-6536 Waltheria indica.jpg |image_caption = ''Waltheria indica'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Waltheria |authority = L.<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12771 |title=Genus: ''Waltheria'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2003-06-05 |accessdate=2010-12-08}}</ref><ref name=L>{{cite journal|author=Linnaeus, C. |date=1753|journal= Species Plantarum|volume= 2|pages= 673|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358694|title=Waltheria}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision =See text |synonyms = *''Astropus'' {{small|Spreng.}} *''Lophanthus'' {{small|J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., nom. illeg.}} * ''Sitella'' <small>L.H.Bailey</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Waltheria'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30006461-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Waltheria''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is sometimes placed in Sterculiaceae.<ref name="GRIN"/> It includes 61 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, West Africa, Madagascar, Peninsular Malaysia, northern Australia, and the central Pacific.<ref name = powo/> The name honours German botanist Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688–1746).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ndDtX-RjYkC |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names |volume=4 R-Z |year=2000 |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |publisher=Taylor & Francis US |isbn=978-0-8493-2678-3 |page=2817}}</ref>
==Species== 61 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{div col}} *''Waltheria acapulcensis'' {{small|Rose}} *''Waltheria ackermanniana'' {{small|K.Schum.}} *''Waltheria acuminata'' {{small|Rose}} *''Waltheria albicans'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Waltheria arenaria'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Waltheria arenicola'' {{small|A.Rodr.}} *''Waltheria bahamensis'' {{small|Britton}} *''Waltheria belizensis'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria berteroi'' {{small|(Spreng.) J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria bicolor'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria biribiriensis'' {{small|J.G.Saunders ex T.S.Coutinho & Colli-Silva}} *''Waltheria brachypetala'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Waltheria bracteosa'' {{small|A.St.-Hil. & Naudin}} *''Waltheria calcicola'' <small>Urb.</small> – Raichie *''Waltheria carmensarae'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria carpinifolia'' {{small|A.St.-Hil. & Naudin}} *''Waltheria cinerescens'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} *''Waltheria collina'' {{small|K.Schum.}} *''Waltheria communis'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} *''Waltheria conzattii'' {{small|Standl.}} *''Waltheria coriacea'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria detonsa'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''Waltheria excelsa'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Waltheria ferruginea'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} *''Waltheria flavovirens'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria fryxellii'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria glabra'' {{small|Poir.}} *''Waltheria glabribracteata'' {{small|T.S.Coutinho & M.Alves}} *''Waltheria glazioviana'' {{small|K.Schum.}} *''Waltheria glomerata'' {{small|C.Presl}} *''Waltheria hatschbachii'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria hoehnei'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria indica'' <small>L.</small> – Basora-prieta, {{okina}}uhaloa<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=21560 |taxon=''Waltheria'' |accessdate=2009-11-19}}</ref><ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12771 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Waltheria'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2011-08-27}}</ref> *''Waltheria involucrata'' {{small|Benth.}} *''Waltheria ladewii'' {{small|Rusby}} *''Waltheria lanceolata'' {{small|R.Br. ex Mast.}} *''Waltheria lundelliana'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria macrophylla'' {{small|Hassl.}} *''Waltheria madagascariensis'' {{small|(DC.) Hochr.}} *''Waltheria marielleae'' {{small|T.S.Coutinho & M.Alves}} *''Waltheria maritima'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} *''Waltheria matogrossensis'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria microphylla'' {{small|Cav.}} *''Waltheria operculata'' {{small|Rose}} *''Waltheria ovata'' {{small|Cav.}} *''Waltheria petiolata'' {{small|K.Schum.}} *''Waltheria polyantha'' {{small|K.Schum.}} *''Waltheria preslii'' {{small|Walp.}} *''Waltheria pringlei'' {{small|Rose & Standl.}} *''Waltheria procumbens'' {{small|J.G.Saunders & Soria}} *''Waltheria pyrolifolia'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''Waltheria rotundifolia'' {{small|Schrank}} *''Waltheria saundersiae'' {{small|T.S.Coutinho & M.Alves}} *''Waltheria scabra'' {{small|(Colla) P.L.R.Moraes & Guglielmone}} *''Waltheria selloana'' {{small|K.Schum.}} *''Waltheria terminans'' {{small|J.G.Saunders ex T.S.Coutinho & Colli-Silva}} *''Waltheria tomentosa'' {{small|(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) H.St.John}} *''Waltheria tridentata'' {{small|J.G.Saunders}} *''Waltheria vernonioides'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} *''Waltheria virgata'' {{small|Ewart & Cookson}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825847-1|title=''Waltheria virgata'' Ewart & Cookson {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> *''Waltheria viscosissima'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Waltheria|''Waltheria''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Waltheria|''Waltheria''}}
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Category:Byttnerioideae Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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