Kosteletzkya
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Kosteletzkya[1] is a genus of the plant family Malvaceae that includes the seashore mallow (K. pentacarpos). It includes about 19 species found worldwide.[2]
Although similar in appearance to Hibiscus, Kosteletzkya typically bears more flattened capsules that dehisce loculicidally. The genus was separated from Hibiscus in 1835 by Carl Borivoj Presl, who named it after Vincenz Franz Kosteletzky (1801–1887).[3]
Phylogenetic evidence supports this genus being polyphyletic, with New World and Malagasy species of Kosteletzkya belonging to completely different clades within the Hibisceae. Under a revised nomenclature, only New World species would retain the genus name Kosteletzkya. An alternate revision would be to merge all New World Kosteletzkya species into Hibiscus.[4][5][6]
Species
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- Kosteletzkya adoensis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Mast.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya batacensis (Blanco) Fern.-Vill.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya begoniifolia (Ulbr.) Ulbr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya blanchardii FryxellScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya borkouana QuézelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya buettneri GürkeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya depressa (L.) O.J.Blanch., Fryxell & D.M.BatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – stinging mallow or white fenrose
- Kosteletzkya flavicentrum Fryxell & S.D.KochScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya grantii (Mast.) GarckeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya hispidula (Spreng.) GarckeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – seashore mallow
- Kosteletzkya racemosa HaumanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya ramosa FryxellScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya reclinata FryxellScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya rotundalata O.J.Blanch.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya semota O.J.Blanch.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya thurberi A.GrayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya tubiflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) O.J.Blanch. & McVaughScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya velutina Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kosteletzkya wetarensis Borss.Waalk.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Formerly placed here
- Perrierophytum macranthum (Hochr.) M.M.Hanes & Callm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as K. macrantha Hochr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Perrierophytum madagascariense (Baker) M.M.Hanes & Callm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as *K. madagascariensis BakerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Perrierophytum malvocoeruleum (Hochr.) M.M.Hanes & Callm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as K. malvocoerulea Hochr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Perrierophytum reflexiflorum (Hochr.) M.M.Hanes & Callm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as K. reflexiflora Hochr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Perrierophytum thouarsianum (Baill.) M.M.Hanes & Callm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as K. thouarsiana Baill.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Perrierophytum velutinum (Garcke) M.M.Hanes & Callm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as K. velutina GarckeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
References
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