''Wissadula'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
mallow family,
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
. It contains
25 to 30 species of
herbs
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...
and subshrubs that are mostly native to the
Neotropics, with several in
tropical Asia and
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
The name is derived from the
Sinhala language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 milli ...
.
Selected species
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Wissadula amplissima
''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. The name is derived from th ...
''
(L.) R.E.Fr.
(Klas) Robert Elias Fries (11 July 1876, Uppsala – 29 January 1966, Stockholm), the youngest son of Theodor Magnus Fries (1832–1913) and grandson of Elias Magnus Fries(1794–1878)
and an expert on mushrooms. A Swedish botanist who was a ...
– Big yellow velvetleaf
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Wissadula contracta
''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. The name is derived from th ...
''
(Link) R.E.Fr. – Contracted velvetleaf
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Wissadula diffusa''
R.E.Fr.
* ''
Wissadula divergens''
(Benth.) Benth. & Hook.
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Wissadula periplocifolia
''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. The name is derived from th ...
''
(L.) K.Presl ex Thwaites – White velvetleaf
Formerly placed here
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Briquetia spicata''
(Kunth) Fryxell (as ''W. spicata''
(Kunth) C.Presl)
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Life entry
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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