Yes.

This is a great article that shows you what can be done when you "leave your wide angle lens" home.

https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/stitching-panorama-forget-wide-angle-lens-home/

I rarely use anything shorter than 45mm, and I shoot a lot of panorama, with all sorts of cameras.

Here is a night shot at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan, NYC. taken with a Sony RX10M4 bridge camera - I think there were 5 images in total. I generally prefer a stitched pano to a wide angle lens mainly because of the lack of perspective distortion (not keystoning), where things in the distance look as if they are in the next state, and the edges are elongated (volume anamorphosis). The longer lenses do capture more detail and the images when stitched can be huge, but the results are well worth learning the technique.

_DSC2161-DSC-RX10M4--(19-02-18) hi res-2-DSC-RX10M4--(19-02-18)-Pano by Gene Lugo, on Flickr

I have and love a 14-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor zoom It gets used a lot, but not for landscapes (too limiting on where I can place the horizon) or people (the forced perspective is very unattractive, and folks quickly get too tiny to even recognize).

So if I encounter a landscape scene which requires a wide view, I have no hesitation around turning the camera into portrait orientation and building a panorama. I do these ad hoc groupings hand-held and have learned to pivot my trunk and head in a manner that has never created a problem with stitching later. To me, the preservation of detail is far superior to the results with an extreme wide angle lens, and the main subject never gets pushed into the next county because of the wide angle perspective shift. The same is true with a wide grouping of people...I just ask them to remain very still while I pivot and work very quickly to take the second shot. The other benefit is that this approach doesn't involve the delay or exposure of the camera that would be involved with a lens change.

Did the article give examples? I'm curious if they showed interesting close-up elements that lead us into the scene and the distance. IMO that's the best use of a wide angle lens.

Click here to see five of my volcano photos. Each is a single shot, telephoto or mid-range focal length. Regarding your specific questions, stitching several photos together would produce a larger file, with potentially more detail. But the impact will likely come from composition and light, not fine details.