Overview

Distribution

Gulf of Mexico
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National Distribution

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

Type Information

Isolectotype; Lectotype; Type collection for Kosteletzkya virginica var. althaeifolia Chapm.
Catalog Number: US 511882
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: ; Original publication and alleged type specimen examined; Alleged type specimen status verified from secondary sources
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): F. Rugel
Year Collected: 1845
Locality: Ad fl. Manate, Florida austr. occ., Manatee, Florida, United States, North America
  • Isolectotype: Areces Beraza?n, F. & Fryxell, P. A. 2007. Fl. Rep. Cuba, Ser. A. Pl. Vasc. 13: 50.; Alexander, S. N., et al. 2012. Castanea. 77: 115.; Chapman, A. W. 1860. Fl. S. U.S. 57.; Lectotype: Areces Beraza?n, F. & Fryxell, P. A. 2007. Fl. Rep. Cuba, Ser. A. Pl. Vasc. 13: 50.; Alexander, S. N., et al. 2012. Castanea. 77: 115.; Chapman, A. W. 1860. Fl. S. U.S. 57.; Type collection: Areces Beraza?n, F. & Fryxell, P. A. 2007. Fl. Rep. Cuba, Ser. A. Pl. Vasc. 13: 50.; Alexander, S. N., et al. 2012. Castanea. 77: 115.; Chapman, A. W. 1860. Fl. S. U.S. 57.
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Ecology

Habitat

Depth range based on 6 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 1 - 1
 
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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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Wikipedia

Kosteletzkya virginica

Seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica), also known as Sweat weed, Virginia saltmarsh mallow, and Salt Marsh Mallow, is an herb found in marshes along the eastern seashore of the United States. This flowering plant is in family Malvaceae of the order Malvales. Researcher John Gallagher describes the pink-flowered seashore mallow as both a perennial and a halophyte, or salt-tolerant plant, that grows in areas where other crops can’t

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