Biology:Wissadula
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Short description: Genus of plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Malveae |
| Genus: | Wissadula Medik.[1] |
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| Wissadula zeylanica Medik.[2]
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Wissadula is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It contains 25 to 30 species of herbs and subshrubs that are mostly native to the Neotropics, with several in tropical Asia and Africa.[3] The name is derived from the Sinhala language.[4]
Selected species
- Wissadula amplissima (L.) R.E.Fr. – Big yellow velvetleaf
- Wissadula contracta (Link) R.E.Fr. – Contracted velvetleaf
- Wissadula diffusa R.E.Fr.
- Wissadula divergens (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.
- Wissadula periplocifolia (L.) K.Presl ex Thwaites – White velvetleaf[5]
Formerly placed here
- Briquetia spicata (Kunth) Fryxell (as W. spicata (Kunth) C.Presl)[6]
References
- ↑ "Genus: Wissadula Medik.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-03-12. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12855.
- ↑ "Wissadula Medik.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026507.
- ↑ "Wissadula Medikus, Malvenfam. 24. 1787". Flora of China. eFloras.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134943.
- ↑ Stearn, William Thomas (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-88192-627-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=w0hZvTFJUioC.
- ↑ "Wissadula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21765. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Wissadula". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12855.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1935862 entry
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