Cocia

	Cocia
	; Kokia drynarioides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Dicotyledonous
Order :	Rosanae
Order:	Malvotsvetnye
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily :	Malvaceae
Tribe :	Gossypieae
Gender:	Cocia
International scientific name
	Kokia Lewton , 1912
Type view
	Kokia rockii Lewton ; (= Kokia drynarioides ( Seem. ) Lewton )

Cocia ( lat. Kokia ) - a genus of flowering plants of the family Malvaceae ( Malvaceae ).

The genus was first described by the American botanist Frederick Lewis Lewton ( Spanish: Frederick Lewis Lewton 1874-1959 ) in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections with a typical species Kokia rockii . Previously known representatives of this genus were attributed to cotton .

About 4 species are known, all are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands .

One species - Cocia Cooka does not occur in the wild, is preserved in the culture from the seeds of the last instance of the plant, originating from the island of Molokai .

List of Species:

Kokia cookei O.Deg. - Cocia Cook
Kokia drynarioides ( Seem. ) Lewton [ syn. Kokia rockii Lewton ] [ syn. Gossypium drynarioides Seem. basionym ]
Kokia kauaiensis ( Rock ) O.Deg. & Duvel
Kokia lanceolata lewton


Kokia drynarioides : bud , flower , abaxial and adaxial sides of the leaf

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
↑ Information on the genus Kokia in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .

[1] For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .

[ING-2] Information on the genus Kokia in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .

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