Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya is a genus of the plant family Malvaceae that includes the seashore mallow (K. pentacarpos). It includes about 19 species found worldwide.
Species
Saltmarsh mallow
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Native toAlabama, Angola, Baleares, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Republic
Observations6,836
General: Kosteletzkya has come to embrace a number of discordant
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Kosteletzkya is a genus of the plant family Malvaceae that includes the seashore mallow (K. pentacarpos). It includes about 19 species found worldwide.
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).