''Kokia'', with the common name treecotton, is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the
mallow family
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,
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
.
All species within the genus are
endemic
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to the
Hawaiian Islands
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in the state of
Hawaii
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.
Species
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Kokia cookei
''Kokia cookei'' is a small, deciduous tree commonly known as the kokio, Molokai treecotton, Cooke's kokio, or Molokai kokio. It is about in height, with simple leaves of 5 to 7 lobes, and large flowers. The fruit that the plant produces is comp ...
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O.Deg. - Molokai treecotton (
Molokai
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Kokia drynarioides
''Kokia drynarioides'', commonly known as Hawaiian tree cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. It inhabits dry forests at elevations of . Associated plants include ...
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( Seem.) Lewton - Hawaiian treecotton
Island of Hawaii
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Kokia kauaiensis
''Kokia kauaiensis'', the Kauai treecotton or Kauai Kokio, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Kauai, Hawaii.
It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of . Associated pla ...
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) O.Deg. & Duvel - Kauai Kokio (
Kauai
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It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...
)
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Kokia lanceolata
''Kokia lanceolata'', the Wailupe Valley treecotton, was a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was the only species of ''Kokia'' to occur on the island of Oahu and originally known from the hills of Makapu'u, Koko Head
Koko ...
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Lewton
References
External links
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Endemic flora of Hawaii
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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