Mollia glabrescens

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Mollia glabrescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Mollia
Species:
M. glabrescens
Binomial name
Mollia glabrescens

Mollia glabrescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae. [2] It is found only in Guyana.

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References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Mollia glabrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T36195A9983516. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36195A9983516.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Heywood, V. H.; Brummitt, R. K.; Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering Plant Families of the World. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books. ISBN   978-1-55407-206-4.