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Wunderlichia mirabilis

Wunderlichia mirabilis
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Wunderlichia mirabilis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Wunderlichia
Species: W. mirabilis
Binomial name
Wunderlichia mirabilis
Riedel ex Baker

Wunderlichia mirabilis is a plant species endemic to the highlands of east-central Brazil. It is known from the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Goias, and São Paulo.

W. mirabilis is a branching tree up to 5 m tall. Leaves are broadly ovate to lanceolate, thick, and leathery. Flower heads have a large urn-shaped receptacle with whitish, tomentose phyllaries tapering toward the tip. Flowers are wind-pollinated.



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