Genus Kosteletzkya C. Presl

Possible synonym of Hibiscus L.


Summary
Genus number:
6386
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Accession count:

12 (10  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Thorntonia Rchb., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Fryxell, P. A. 1997. The American genera of Malvaceae--II. Brittonia 49:238. Note: accepts
  2. Neubig, K. M. et al. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics of Kosteletzkya (Malvaceae, Hibisceae) reveals multiple independent and successive polyploid speciation events. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179:421-435.
  3. Pfeil, B. E. & M. D. Crisp. 2005. What to do with Hibiscus? A proposed nomenclatural resolution for a large and well known genus of Malvaceae and comments on paraphyly. Austral. Syst. Bot. 18:49-60. Note: = Hibiscus L.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=6386. Accessed 15 April 2026.