Hibiscus acetosella

Hibiscus acetosella

Hibiscus acetosella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Hibiscus
Sectio: Hibiscus sect. Furcaria
Species: Hibiscus acetosella

Name

Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern, 1896

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hibiscus eetveldeanus De Wild. & T.Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 24 (1899)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola Regional: Central Africa Burundi, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Welwitsch, F.M.J., 1896. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853-61... 1:73. (Welw. ex Ficalho, Bol. Soc. Geogr. Lisb. 2:608. 1881, nom. nud.).

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Hibiscus acetosella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Hibiscus acetosella. Published online. Accessed: October 02 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Hibiscus acetosella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Hibiscus acetosella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 02. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hibiscus acetosella in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: ranberry hibiscus, African rosemallow
svenska: Blodhibiskus
ไทย: ชบาเมเปิล

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