Kosteletzkya

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: Hibisceae
Genus: Kosteletzkya
Sectiones: K. sect. Kosteletzkya – K. sect. Orthopetalum – K. sect. Parapavonia

Name

Kosteletzkya C.Presl (1835), nom. cons.

Type species: Kosteletzkya depressa (L.) O.J.Blanch., Fryxell & D.M.Bates, Gentes Herbarum 11: 357. (1978)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Pentagonocarpus Mich. ex Parl., Fl. Ital. 5: 105. 1873.
Heterotypic
Polychlaena Garcke

Species overview

Species: K. acuminata – K. adoensis – K. batacensis – K. begoniifolia – K. blanchardii – K. borkouana – K. buettneri – K. depressa – K. diplocrater – K. flavicentrum – K. grantii – K. hispidula – K. macrantha – K. madagascariensis – K. malvocoerulea – K. pentacarpos – K. racemosa – K. ramosa – K. reclinata – K. reflexiflora – K. retrobracteata – K. rotundalata – K. semota – K. thouarsiana – K. thurberi – K. tubiflora – K. velutina – K. wetarensis
References

Presl, C.B. 1835. Rel. Haenk. 2: 130, t. 70.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Kosteletzkya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Jan. 15. Kosteletzkya. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Jan. 15.

Kosteletzkya (pronounced Kost-el-lets-kee-uh) [1]) is a genus of the plant family Malvaceae that includes the seashore mallow (K. virginica). It includes about 30 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).
References

"Garden Dictionary Word: Kosteletzkya".