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5013.000 Hibiscus
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple and palmately lobed or digitately compound. Flowers usually solitary and axillary, but often forming terminal inflorescences by reduction of the upper leaves, yellow with a dark centre or red, pink, purplish or white. Epicalyx of 5-20 bracts, rarely 0. Calyx with 5 lobes or (rarely) 5-10 teeth. Ovary 4-5-locular; each loculus with 3-many ovules. Style 5-branched. Fruit a loculicidally dehiscent capsule. Derivation of name: Greek name for the marsh mallow Worldwide: c.300 species occurring in warm temperate and tropical areas of the world Caprivi: 17 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| allenii Sprague & Hutch. | Description, Image |
| articulatus Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image |
| caesius Garcke | Description, Image |
| calyphyllus Cav. | Description, Image |
| cannabinus L. | Description, Image |
| diversifolius Jacq. subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell | Description, Image |
| dongolensis Delile | Description, Image |
| lobatus (Murray) Kuntze | Description, Image |
| mastersianus Hiern | |
| mechowii Garcke | |
| micranthus L.f. | Description, Image |
| nigricaulis Baker | Description, Image |
| ovalifolius (Forssk.) Vahl | Description, Image |
| praeteritus R.A. Dyer | Description, Image |
| sidiformis Baill. | Description, Image |
| trionum L. | Description, Image |
| vitifolius L. subsp. vitifolius | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Hibiscus:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: HibiscusFlora of Burundi: Hibiscus
Flora of the DRC: Hibiscus
Flora of Malawi: Hibiscus
Flora of Mozambique: Hibiscus
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Hibiscus
Flora of Zambia: Hibiscus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hibiscus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Hibiscus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HibiscusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hibiscus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hibiscus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hibiscus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hibiscus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hibiscus
JSTOR Plant Science: Hibiscus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hibiscus
Plants of the World Online: Hibiscus
Tropicos: Hibiscus
Wikipedia: Hibiscus
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