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{{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]]