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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 North America, tropical and South Africa and Madagascar Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adoensis (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Mast. | N,S | |
| begoniifolia (Ulbr.) Ulbr. | W | |
| buettneri Gürke | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: KosteletzkyaFlora of Burundi: Kosteletzkya
Flora of Caprivi: Kosteletzkya
Flora of Malawi: Kosteletzkya
Flora of Zimbabwe: Kosteletzkya
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): KosteletzkyaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kosteletzkya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Kosteletzkya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Kosteletzkya
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iNaturalist: Kosteletzkya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kosteletzkya
JSTOR Plant Science: Kosteletzkya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kosteletzkya
Plants of the World Online: Kosteletzkya
Tropicos: Kosteletzkya
Wikipedia: Kosteletzkya
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