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It inhabits [[Hawaiian tropical dry forests#Dry forests|dry forests]] at elevations of 455–1,915 m (1,493–6,283 ft). '''''Kokia'' inhibited Kauaʻi, or possibly older islands that have since sunk below sea level, before spreading to Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and then Hawaiʻi.'''[{{Cite journal |last=Morden |first=Clifford W. |last2=Yorkston |first2=Mitsuko |date=2018-04 |title=Speciation and Biogeography in the Hawaiian Endemic Genus Kokia (Malvaceae: Gossypieae) 1 |url=https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-72/issue-2/72.2.3/Speciation-and-Biogeography-in-the-Hawaiian-Endemic-Genus-iKokia-i/10.2984/72.2.3.short |journal=Pacific Science |language=en |volume=72 |issue=2 |doi=10.2984/72.2.3.short |issn=0030-8870 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227112235/https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-72/issue-2/72.2.3/Speciation-and-Biogeography-in-the-Hawaiian-Endemic-Genus-iKokia-i/10.2984/72.2.3.short |archive-date=2024-12-27}}] '''The four ''Kokia'' genus evolved different characteristics about 1.2 million years ago, while it split from its closest relative, ''Gossypioides,'' 5.3 million years ago. ''Kokia cookei'' and ''Kokia drynarioides,'' which are found on the younger islands, Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi, are diverged from each other about 800,000 years ago. Since the split between Kokia and Gossypioides occurred before the existence of the islands that reside in the Hawaiian archipelago today, scientists believe the first ancestor of Kokia first arrived on islands that no longer stand above sea level.'''[{{Cite journal |last=Kayal |first=Ehsan |last2=Arick |first2=Mark A |last3=Hsu |first3=Chuan-yu |last4=Thrash |first4=Adam |last5=Yorkston |first5=Mitsuko |last6=Morden |first6=Clifford W |last7=Wendel |first7=Jonathan F |last8=Peterson |first8=Daniel G |last9=Grover |first9=Corrinne E |date=2024-08-06 |title=Genomic diversity and evolution of the Hawaiian Islands endemic Kokia (Malvaceae) |url=https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/article/14/10/jkae180/7727752 |journal=G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics |language=en |volume=14 |issue=10 |doi=10.1093/g3journal/jkae180 |issn=2160-1836 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123014146/https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/article/14/10/jkae180/7727752 |archive-date=2024-11-23}}] Associated plants include ʻāheahea (''[[Chenopodium oahuense]]''), ʻaʻaliʻi (''[[Dodonaea viscosa]]''), hala pepe (''[[Pleomele hawaiiensis]]''), [[wiliwili]] (''Erythrina sandwicensis''), uhiuhi (''[[Caesalpinia kavaiensis]]''), kōlea (''[[Myrsine lanaiensis]]''), ʻaiea (''[[Nothocestrum latifolium]]''), kuluʻī (''[[Nototrichium sandwicense]]''), ʻālaʻa (''[[Planchonella sandwicensis]]''), ʻohe kukuluāeʻo (''[[Reynoldsia sandwicensis]]''), māmane (''[[Sophora chrysophylla]]''), and maua ([[Xylosma hawaiensis|''Xylosma hawaiensis'' var. ''hillebrandii'']]). |
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It inhabits [[Hawaiian tropical dry forests#Dry forests|dry forests]] at elevations of 455–1,915 m (1,493–6,283 ft). '''''Kokia'' inhabited Kauaʻi, or possibly older islands that have since sunk below sea level, before spreading to Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and then Hawaiʻi.''' name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Morden |first=Clifford W. |last2=Yorkston |first2=Mitsuko |date=2018-04 |title=Speciation and Biogeography in the Hawaiian Endemic Genus Kokia (Malvaceae: Gossypieae) 1 |url=https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-72/issue-2/72.2.3/Speciation-and-Biogeography-in-the-Hawaiian-Endemic-Genus-iKokia-i/10.2984/72.2.3.short |journal=Pacific Science |language=en |volume=72 |issue=2 |doi=10.2984/72.2.3.short |issn=0030-8870 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227112235/https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-72/issue-2/72.2.3/Speciation-and-Biogeography-in-the-Hawaiian-Endemic-Genus-iKokia-i/10.2984/72.2.3.short |archive-date=2024-12-27}} '''The four ''Kokia'' genus evolved different characteristics about 1.2 million years ago, while it split from its closest relative, ''Gossypioides,'' 5.3 million years ago. ''Kokia cookei'' and ''Kokia drynarioides,'' which are found on the younger islands, Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi, are diverged from each other about 800,000 years ago. Researchers determined these relationships using phylogenetic analyses, which allowed them to estimate divergence times and evolutionary connections between the species.''' |
