Kosteletzkya C. Presl. Subfamily: Malvoideae. Tribe: Hibisceae. Common name: Seashore-mallow.
A genus of about 15-30 species, herbs, of North America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Madagascar. Perhaps better included in a broadly circumscribed Hibiscus (Pfeil & Crisp 2005).
References: Alexander (2010); Alexander, Hayek, & Weeks (2012); Bayer & Kubitzki (2003) In Kubitzki & Bayer (2003); Blanchard (2008); Blanchard (2015b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015); Hanes et al. (2024); Weeks (2017b) In Weakley et al. (2017). Show full citations.
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