Kokia, with the common name treecotton, is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.[2]
Kokia | |
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Kokia cookei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
Tribe: | Gossypieae |
Genus: | Kokia Lewton[1] |
Species | |
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All species within the genus are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii.
Species
edit- Kokia cookei O.Deg. - Molokaʻi treecotton (Molokaʻi)
- Kokia drynarioides (Seem.) Lewton - Hawaiian treecotton Island of Hawaiʻi
- Kokia kauaiensis (Rock) O.Deg. & Duvel - Kauaʻi Kokiʻo (Kauaʻi)
- Kokia lanceolata Lewton
References
edit- ^ "Kokia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-03-12. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ NRCS. "Kokia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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