Name: Sleepy morning (Bahamas), Malva, Malva blanca (Cuba), Malva blanca, Malva, Yerba blanca (Dominican Republic), Malaguette, Balai blanc (Haiti), Raichie (Jamaica), Buff coat, Mauve-gris, Marsh-mallow, Velvet leaf, Monkey bush, Boater bush, Leather coat, Guimauve (Lesser Antilles), Malvabisco, Malvavisco, Basora prieta (Puerto Rico), Marshmallow (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Egypt [I] (SE-Egypt [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I]); Mauritania [I]; Senegal [I]; Gambia [I]; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Guinea [I]; Sierra Leone [I]; Liberia [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ivory Coast [I]; Ghana [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Niger [I]; Nigeria [I]; Cameroon [I]; Equatorial Guinea [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Cabinda [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Rwanda [I]; ?Burundi [I]; Chad [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Eritrea [I]; Djibouti [I]; Somalia [I]; Soqotra [I]; Kenya [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Malawi [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; Namibia [I]; Botswana [I]; South Africa [I] (Limpopo [I], North-West Prov. [I], Gauteng [I], Mpulamanga [I], KwaZulu-Natal [I], N-Cape Prov. [I]); Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Madagascar [I]; Comores [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); Saudi Arabia [I] (Asir [I]); Yemen [I] (W-Yemen [I]); China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Yunnan [I], Hainan [I]); Volcano Isl. [I] (Iwojima [I]); Taiwan [I]; India [I] (widespread in warmer parts); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I] (Mandalay [I], Shan [I], Yangon [I]); Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I] (Melaka [I]); Singapore [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], Queensland [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Tonga [I] (Vava´u [I]); Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (Savai´i [I]); N-Line Isl. [I] (Tabueran [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Hatutaa [I], Eiao [I], Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Mopelia Atoll [I], Tetiaroa Atoll [I], Tupai [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I], Rangiroa Atoll [I], Takapoto Atoll [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Easter Isl. [I]; Guam [I]; Hawaii [I] (Midway Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I], Niihau [I]); USA (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro, Isla Clarion); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; +Clipperton Isl. [I]; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Cauca, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Paraguari); Argentina (Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota)
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Remarks: Waltheria indica is treated as having priority over W. americana, both have equal priority
Synonyms: hidden
= Melochia corchorifolia Wall.; Numer. List: no. 1196 H (1829), nom. inval.
= Waltheria africana Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 296 (1827)
= Waltheria americana L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 673 (1753)
= Waltheria americana var. densiflora K.Schum.; Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 46 (1900)
= Waltheria americana var. elliptica (Cav.) K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. (Mart.) 12, pt. 3: 65 (1886)
= Waltheria americana var. glandulosa R.E.Fr.; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 42(12): 14 (1908)
= Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K.Schum.; Monogr. Afr. Pflanzenf. und -gatt. 5: 47 (1900)
= Waltheria americana var. sahelica Roberty; Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 15: 1403 (1953)
= Waltheria americana var. subspicata K.Schum.; Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 47 (1900)
= Waltheria arborescens Cav.; Diss. 6, Sexta Diss. Bot. 316 (1788)
= Waltheria corchorifolia Pers.; Syn. 2: 216 (1806)
= Waltheria debilis Bojer; Hortus Maurit.: 39 (1837), nom. nud.
= Waltheria elliptica Cav.; Diss. 6, Sexta Diss. Bot. 316. t. 171, f. 2 (1788)
= Waltheria erioclada DC.; Prod. 1: 493 (1824)
= Waltheria guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 295 (1827)
= Waltheria indica var. americana (L.) R.Br. ex Hosaka; Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 13: 224 (1937)
= Waltheria indica var. prostrata (K.Schum.) M.Gómez; Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 71 (1889)
= Waltheria makinoi Hayata; Enum. Pl. Formosa 61, t. 5 (1906)
= Waltheria martii Colla; Herb. Pedem. 1: 433 (1833)
= Waltheria obtusa Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 783 (1841), nom. inval.
= Waltheria paniculata Benth.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 126 (1841)
= Waltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 235 (1868), nom. inval.
= Waltheria pedunculata Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 783 (1841), nom. inval.
= Waltheria prostrata K.Schum.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 12(3): 56 (1886)
= Waltheria wildii Suess.; Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 33 (1951)
