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5015.000 Kosteletzkya
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs. Flowers either solitary and axillary or in axillary and terminal racemes. Epicalyx of 7-10 filiform to linear bracts. Calyx 5-lobed or -toothed. Corolla white, purple or pink. Ovary 5-locular; ovules 1 per loculus. Fruit a capsule, this depressed-spherical with 5 prominent angles. Derivation of name: Named after V.F. Kosteletzky, writer of medical history Worldwide: 30 species in N America, tropical and S Africa and Madagascar |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| adoensis (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Mast. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| buettneri Gürke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Kosteletzkya:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): KosteletzkyaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Kosteletzkya
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Kosteletzkya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kosteletzkya
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Kosteletzkya
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