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{{Inc| Kosteletzkya (named for V. F. Kosteletzky, professor of medicinal botany at Prague, and author of several books). Malvaceae. Perennial herbs or shrubs closely related to Hibiscus, 6 species of which are found in Amer., 1 in. Abyssinia and 1 from W. and Cent. Italy through S. Russia to Persia. Lvs. sagittate, lobed: fls. solitary or clustered in the axils of the lvs., often in terminal panicles or racemes, pink, purple or white; bractlets 7-10, often very small or obsolete; stamina! column entire or 5-toothed; ovary 5-celled with 1 ovule in each cell: caps, depressed, dehiscing loculicidally along the 5 projecting angles. K. pentacarpa, Ledeb., is the only European species and has been described in horticultural literature abroad. An erect plant, about 3 ft. high: lvs. cordate, toothed: fls. purple-red, rather large, borne singly on peduncles a little shorter than the lvs. K. virginica, Presl. Foliage pubescent, often scabrous: sts. 1-4 ft. high, branching: panicles leafy; calyx canescent; petals pink or purple: caps, hirsute at maturity. Marshes along the coast, N. Y. to Fla. and La. }} {{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Kosteletzkya | image = Kosteletzkya virginica.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = ''[[Kosteletzkya virginica]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Malvales]] | familia = [[Malvaceae]] | genus = ''Kosteletzkya'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Kosteletzkya depressa]]''<br/> ''[[Kosteletzkya paniculata]]''<br/> ''[[Kosteletzkya pentacarpos]]''<br/> ''[[Kosteletzkya virginica]]''<br/> ''about 25 more'' }} '''''Kosteletzkya''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[plant]] family [[Malvaceae]] that includes the [[seashore mallow]] (''K. virginica''). It includes about 30 species found worldwide. The genus was separated from ''[[Hibiscus]]'' in [[1835]] by [[Carl Presl]], who named it after [[Vincenz Franz Kosteletzky]] (1801-1887). {{Rosid-stub}} [[Category:Malvaceae]]

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