Tropidococcus

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Tropidococcus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Tropidococcus
Krapov. (2003)
Species:
T. pinnatipartitus
Binomial name
Tropidococcus pinnatipartitus
(A.St.-Hil. & Naudin) Krapov. (2003)
Synonyms [1]
  • Malva pinnatipartitaA.St.-Hil. & Naudin (1842)
  • Modiolastrum pinnatipartitum(A.St.-Hil. & Naudin) Krapov. (1969)

Tropidococcus pinnatipartitus is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is an annual endemic to southern Brazil. [1]

The species was first described as Malva pinnatipartita in 1842 by Augustin Saint-Hilaire and Charles Victor Naudin. In 2003 Antonio Krapovickas placed it in the new monotypic genus Tropidococcus as Tropidococcus pinnatipartitus. [1]

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