Kokia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Gossypieae
Genus: Kokia
Species: K. cookei – K. drynarioides – K. kauaiensis
Name

Kokia Lewton (1912)

Type species: K. rockii Lewton

References

Lewton, F.L. 1912. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 60(5): 2.

Kokia, with the common name treecotton, is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.[2]

All species within the genus are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii.
Species

Kokia cookei O.Deg. - Molokaʻi treecotton (Molokaʻi)
Kokia drynarioides (Seem.) Lewton - Hawaiian treecotton Island of Hawaiʻi
Kokia kauaiensis (Rock) O.Deg. & Duvel - Kauaʻi Kokiʻo (Kauaʻi)
Kokia lanceolata Lewton

References

"Kokia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-03-12. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
"Kokia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 May 2015.