Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Waltheria ovata
waltheria, lucraco
A multistemmed shrub with light foliage, 0.5-2m tall, with reddish brown bark to dark gray on older stems and stoutish petioles. The petals are yellow and the style is simple (Wiggins and Porter 1971). The serrated leaves are a pale blue-grey contrasting with the dark red stems. The small flowers are yellow.
Found on rocky slopes and tops of ridges, from near sea level to 300 m or more. (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Waltheria
Species
ovata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Waltheria ovata f. intermedia, W. ovata f. reticulata, Walltheria reticulata, W. reticulata f. acamata, W. reticulata f. anderssonii, W reticulata f. intermedia, fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Christophersen (1932) as Walteria reticulata. On 1st june 2021 family changed to Malvaceae (Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo).
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Galápagos, Peru to Chile (Tarapacá) (POWO, 2023).
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