Urocarpidium
Genus of Malvaceae plants
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Urocarpidium is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, It includes a single species, Urocarpidium albiflorum, an annual plant native the dry areas of the Andes mountains in Peru and northern Chile.[2]
| Urocarpidium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Urocarpidium Ulbr.[1] |
| Species: | U. albiflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Urocarpidium albiflorum Ulbr. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Many species originally placed in this genus were moved to Fuertesimalva in 1996.[3]