Malvaceae

Kosteletzkya C.Presl

First published in Reliq. Haenk. 2: 130 (1835), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Baleares, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Namibia, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Transcaucasus, Uganda, Venezuela, Virginia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 193.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Reliq. Haenk. 2: 130, t. 70 (1835).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Reliq. Haenk. 2:130, t. 70 (1835) nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1980 Rugel [103] United States K000659682 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Johnson, W., H. [816] K000240525 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Scott Elliot, G.F. [5256] Sierra Leone K000240526 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Rugel [102] United States K000659683 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0