Category: Hibiscus

Identify the species: 1 high res. image. Malvaceae. Elevation, date, location and close up images of open flowers ?? Appears somewhat close to https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/05/hibiscus-lobatus/ Maybe some other closely related species. Seems to Hibiscus hirtus It is different from Hibiscus hirtus in leaf structure, but the flower matches. Appears somewhat close to https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/05/hibiscus-lobatus/ Maybe some other […]

Hibiscus genevii Boj., Bot. Mag. 59: t. 3144 (1832) ; . Mauritius as per POWO; . Hibiscus aff. genevil: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated / Labeled      . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Wikipedia  Ntbg  plantnet

Identify the Hibiscus sp.?: 1+ 2 images- 1 high res. Habitat: Outer road Side. Leaves 3-5 lobed, flower yellow  with purple center. Loc- Kota Rajasthan Date- 06/10/2021 Do you have any other images? It may be Hibiscus vitifolius L. as per images and details herein. I have received photographs from someone else, so they will not be able […]

Hibiscus calyphyllus Cav. (syn: Hibiscus calycinus Willd.; Hibiscus wildii Suess.); . Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . Wild Flower for ID : Kenya : 110912 : AK-1: Seen […]

Id of a shrub from Mahe : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Request for id of an ornamental shrub from Mahe. Photographed in November, 2019. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ! Thank you very much … Leaves appear different from the common China rose. As I said earlier there are plenty of different shapes in this […]

Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent., Jard. Malmaison t. 103 1805. (syn: Hibiscus aculeatus F.Dietr. (ambiguous synonym); Hibiscus flabellatus Desf.; Hibiscus grandiflorus Salisb. (ambiguous synonym); Hibiscus margeriae A Cunn. ex Benth.); Australia (Queensland) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plants From Australia 2018:: Hibiscus heterophyllus-NS April 2020-62 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) This one was […]

Hibiscus macilwraithensis (Fryxell) Craven & B.E.Pfeil, Adansonia III, 26: 237 2004. (syn: Macrostelia grandifolia subsp. macilwraithensis Fryxell); Australia (Queensland) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plants From Australia 2018:: Hibiscus macilwraithensis-NS April 2020-04 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) This is endemic to Australia, and recorded from Royal Botanical Garden, Sydney.. Hibiscus macilwraithensis… […]

Hibiscus obtusilobus Garcke, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 837 1849. (Syn: Hibiscus amblyocarpus Hochst. ex Webb; Hibiscus laguneoides Edgew.; Hibiscus punctatus Dalzell); India (Indian Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab), Mauritania, Niger, SE-Ethiopia, NE-Kenya, Sudan as per Catalogue of Life; Erect annual or undershrubs, about 0.3-1 m tall. Stems woody, branches pubescent with […]

Hibiscus lunariifolius Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 811 1800. (syn: Cotyloplecta dongolensis Alef.; Cotyloplecta macrantha Alef.; Hibiscus guineensis G.Don (unresolved); Hibiscus macranthus Hochst. (unresolved); Hibiscus pruriens Roxb. ex DC. (Unresolved); Hibiscus racemosus Lindl. (Unresolved); Hibiscus sidoides Wight & Arn. (Unresolved); Melhania sidoides (Wight & Arn.) Noltie (Unresolved)); Identification of Hibiscus sp. : 18 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (4) Pl help me […]

Hibiscus macrophyllus Roxb. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl. 149 1819. (syn: Hibiscus setosus Roxb.; Pariti macrophyllum (Roxb. ex Hornem.) G. Don; Paritium macrophyllum (Roxb. ex Hornem.) G. Don; Talipariti macrophyllum (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Fryxell); Meghalay flora 1-up. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) id pl of the tree in Meghalay To me […]

Hibiscus hispidissimus Griff. ?; . Malvaceae Fortnight:: Hibiscus Sp.?? NSJ 14 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Hibiscus sp from Amboli. Pl validate. Hibiscus species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)  Pl send the photographs of the leaves also for […]

Hibiscus syriacus ?; . Malvaceae Fortnight-PC-26.07.2015-03-Malvaceae sp. : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) please identify the snaps taken at Botanical Garden Warsaw. i think the flowers (out of focus pictures) and the leaves (two types) do not match i missed typing that the flowers with accompanying leaves remind me of rose of sharon […]

Hibiscus hastatus L. f., Suppl. pl. 310. 1782 (“1781”) (syn: (≡) Hibiscus tiliaceus subsp. hastatus (L. f.) Borss. Waalk.; (≡) Talipariti hastatum (L. f.) Fryxell);    Images by Dr.Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Shrub or small tree differering from T. tiliaceum in unevenly 3-lobed leaves, with terminal lobe twice as long as lateral lobes; […]

Hibiscus talbotii (Rakshit) T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayer, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 198 1980 publ. 1982.; References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (unresolved) IPNI  Flora of Karnataka  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora  Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph By V. V. Sivarajan, A. K. Pradeep (1996)  Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 By T. Pullaiah (2006)

Hibiscus trionum L., Sp. Pl. 697 1753. (Syn: Hibiscus dissectus Wall. [Invalid]; Hibiscus trionum var. cordifolius DC.; Hibiscus vesicarius Cav.; Ketmia trionum (L.) Scop.; Trionum annuum Medik.; Trionum trionum (L.) Wooton & Standl.); (Unresolved: Hibiscus africanus Mill.; Hibiscus cuneifolius Garcke; Hibiscus hastifolius E.Mey. ex Harv.; Hibiscus pallidus Raf. ex S.Watson; Hibiscus physodes E.Mey. ex Harv.; […]

Hibiscus radiatus Cav., Diss. 3: 150 1787. (Syn: Canhamo braziliensis Perini; Hibiscus cannabinus var. unidens Hochr.; Hibiscus heptaphyllus Dalzell & A.Gibson (unresolved); Hibiscus lindleyi Wall.); . As per efi thread : Hibiscus furcatus Wall. is the synonym of H. surattensis L., a name used in FBI and still holding true (fork has one spoon shaped appendage and one […]

Hibiscus vitifolius L., Sp. Pl. 696 1753. (syn: Abelmoschus vitifolius (L.) Hassk.; Fioria vitifolia (L.) Mattei; Hibiscus heterotrichus DC.; Hibiscus lepidospermus Miq.; Hibiscus natalitius Harv.; Hibiscus obtusifolius Willd.; Hibiscus strigosus Schumach. & Thonn. ; Hibiscus vitifolius var. heterotrichus (DC.) Hochr.; Hibiscus vitifolius var. ricinifolius Hochr.; Hibiscus vitifolius subsp. vitifolius ); . hi-BIS-kus — Greek, Latin […]

Hibiscus tiliaceus L. var. tiliaceus, Sp. Pl. 2: 694 694 1753 (Syn: (≡) Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell); . hi-BIS-kus — Greek, Latin name for a mallow-like plant … Dave’s Botanary til-ee-AH-see-us — Linden-like, referring to the similarity in the leaves, compared to the Linden (Tilia) genus … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: beach hibiscus, coast cotton tree, coastal […]

Hibiscus syriacus L., Sp. Pl. 695 1753. (syn. Althaea frutex Mill.; Hibiscus acerifolius Salisb.; Hibiscus arborescens Gaterau (Unresolved); Hibiscus floridus Salisb.; Hibiscus rhombifolius Cav.; Hibiscus syriacus var. micranthus Y.N.Lee & K.B.Yim; Ketmia arborea Moench; Ketmia syriaca (L.) Scop.; Ketmia syrorum Medik.); . Althaea, Rose of Sharon, Shrub Althea, Rose of Althea; . Deciduous shrub or small […]

Hibiscus surattensis L., Sp. Pl. 696 1753. (Syn. Furcaria surattensis Kostel.; Hibiscus aculeatus G. Don; Hibiscus appendiculatus Stokes (Unresolved); Hibiscus furcatus Wall. [Invalid]; Hibiscus surattensis var. genuinus Hochr.; Hibiscus surattensis var. villosus Hochr.; Hibiscus trinitarius Noronha (Unresolved));  Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Principe Isl., Central […]