Kosteletzkya

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Kosteletzkya
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Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
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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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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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Garden Dictionary Word: Kosteletzkya".
  2. 1 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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