Hibiscus acetosella

Hibiscus acetosella
Hibiscus acetosella

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern, 1896

Synonyms edit

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

Distribution edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

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