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Tropidococcus

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

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

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