Kosteletzkya

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Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya virginica
Kosteletzkya virginica
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Kosteletzkya

Species
Kosteletzkya depressa

Kosteletzkya paniculata
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Kosteletzkya virginica
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).

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