Kosteletzkya

Kosteletzkya[1] is a genus of the plant family Malvaceae that includes the seashore mallow (K. pentacarpos). It includes about 27 species found worldwide.[2]

Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Hibisceae
Genus: Kosteletzkya
C.Presl
Species

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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

These species are recognized by Plants of the World Online as of June 2022:[2]

  • Kosteletzkya adoensis
  • Kosteletzkya batacensis
  • Kosteletzkya begoniifolia
  • Kosteletzkya blanchardii
  • Kosteletzkya borkouana
  • Kosteletzkya buettneri
  • Kosteletzkya depressa - stinging mallow or white fenrose
  • Kosteletzkya diplocrater
  • Kosteletzkya flavicentrum
  • Kosteletzkya grantii
  • Kosteletzkya hispidula
  • Kosteletzkya macrantha
  • Kosteletzkya madagascariensis
  • Kosteletzkya malvocoerulea
  • Kosteletzkya pentacarpos - seashore mallow
  • Kosteletzkya racemosa
  • Kosteletzkya ramosa
  • Kosteletzkya reclinata
  • Kosteletzkya reflexiflora
  • Kosteletzkya retrobracteata
  • Kosteletzkya rotundalata
  • Kosteletzkya semota
  • Kosteletzkya thouarsiana
  • Kosteletzkya thurberi
  • Kosteletzkya tubiflora
  • Kosteletzkya velutina
  • Kosteletzkya wetarensis

References
Wikispecies has information related to Kosteletzkya.
  1. "Garden Dictionary Word: Kosteletzkya".
  2. "Kosteletzkya C.Presl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  3. "Kosteletzkya C. Presl [family MALVACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. Alexander, Sara N.; Hayek, Lee-Ann C.; Weeks, Andrea (March 1, 2012). "A Subspecific Revision of North American Saltmarsh Mallow Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb. (Malvaceae)". Castanea. 77 (1): 106–122. doi:10.2179/11-022. ISSN 0008-7475. S2CID 84203661.
  5. Koopman, Margaret M.; Baum, David A. (2008-04-01). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) on Madagascar". Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 364–374. doi:10.1600/036364408784571653. ISSN 0363-6445. S2CID 85215439.
  6. Pfeil, B. E.; Crisp, M. D. (2005). "What to do with Hibiscus? A proposed nomenclatural resolution for a large and well known genus of Malvaceae and comments on paraphyly". Australian Systematic Botany. 18 (1): 49. doi:10.1071/sb04024. ISSN 1030-1887.


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