Waltheria indica L.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Waltheria indica L.

  • Collector(s)

    B. Maguire 22760 with Gerold Stahel, Apr 1944

  • Location

    Suriname. Charlesburg Rift, 3 km. north of Paramaribo.

  • Habitat

    Old sea beach, deep sands underlain by shells, bordered by swamp and primary jungle. Frequent.

  • Description

    Coarse annual to 1 1/2 m. high; fl. yellow.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01405345

    Occurrence ID: 53957a29-a157-4add-8fed-72b7602319d5

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Waltheria indica L. det L. J. Dorr, 1990

The New York Botanical Garden
Sterculiaceae
Waltheria indica L.
det: L. J. Dorr, 1990
B. Maguire 22760
New York Botanical Garden Tropical Expedition-1944
Plants of Surinam
No22760
Frequent, coarse annual to 1.5 m high, flowers
yellow, Charlesburg Rift, old sea beach, deep
sands underlain by shells, 100 m wide, shrub type
bordered by swamp and primary jungle, 3 km north
of Paramaribo.
Bassett Maguire & Gerold Stahel_April 5 1944
Expedition financed In part by «id from the American Philosophical
Society, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
and Mr. Pierre Jay
01405345