Wilczek, R. (1963) Tiliaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 1-91
Annual or perennial herbs, shrublets or shrubs. Stipules lateral. Leaves alternate, simple (in ours), petiolate. Sepals 5, usually linear and with a short horn just behind the apex, stellately hairy. Petals 5, yellow or orange. Stamens 4-40. Ovary 2-5-locular. Fruit a capsule, usually spherical (rarely ovoid), echinate or setose. Note: mature fruits are essential in naming these species. The measurements of fruit diameters include the aculei. Worldwide: 70 species in the tropics DRC: 23 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| annua L. | VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| brachyceras K.Schum. | IX | |
| cordifolia A.Rich. var. pubescens R.Wilczek [End] | VI | |
| cordifolia A.Rich. | I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| dekindtiana Engl. | V,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| digitata (Oliv.) Sprague & Hutch. | XI | Description, Image |
| geoides Welw. ex Mast. var. lanceolata R.Wilczek [End] | XI | |
| geoides Welw. ex Mast. var. geoides [NrEnd] | XI | |
| glechomoides Welw. ex Mast. | XI | Description, Image |
| katangensis R.Wilczek [End] | XI | |
| lebrunii R.Wilczek [End] | V,VII | |
| likasiensis De Wild. [End] | XI | |
| marunguensis R.Wilczek [End] | XI | |
| paradoxa (Hiern) Sprague & Hutch. | IV | |
| pedunculata De Wild. | XI | |
| pentandra A. Rich. | IX | Description, Image |
| pilosa Roth var. pilosa | IX | Description, Image |
| setulosa Mast. | III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,XI | |
| tomentosa Bojer | IV,VII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| trachystema K.Schum. | IV | |
| trichocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. | V,XI | |
| trifida Sprague & Hutch. | XI | |
| welwitschii Mast. [Agg] | IV,V,XI | Description, Image |