Overview
Distribution
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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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
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
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
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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