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Wissadula excelsior
Wissadula excelsior is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northeastern Mexico through Central and South America to northeastern Argentina, and to Cuba, where it grows in seasonally dry tropical forests.
The species was first described as Sida excelsior by Antonio José Cavanilles in 1785. It was placed in genus Wissadula by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1835. Several species and variety names have been synonymized with it.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 278102.