Wissadula

Wissadula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Wissadula
Medik.[1]
Type species
Wissadula zeylanica
Medik.[2]
Species

See text.

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

Formerly placed here

References

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  1. "Genus: Wissadula Medik.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. "Wissadula Medik.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  3. "Wissadula Medikus, Malvenfam. 24. 1787". Flora of China. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  4. Stearn, William Thomas (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-88192-627-9.
  5. "Wissadula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  6. "GRIN Species Records of Wissadula". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-18.

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