Hibiscus hirtus
Hibiscus hirtus

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: H. sect. Bombicella
Species: Hibiscus hirtus


Name edit

Hibiscus hirtus L, 1753


Homonyms edit

  • Hibiscus hirtus Roxb. -- Hort. Bengal. 51. (1814); nom. inval.
  • Hibiscus hirtus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. (Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 203. 1832), nom. illeg., synonym of Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus


Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Hibiscus anemoniflorus Zipp. ex Span. in Linnaea 15: 169 (1841)
    • Hibiscus hirtus var. inarticulatus S.Dutta, H.Rodrigues & Chakral in Rheedea 28: 40 (2018)
    • Hibiscus phoeniceus Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 813 (1800), nom. illeg.
    • Hibiscus rosa-malabarica Ker Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 4: t. 337 (1819)
    • Hibiscus sumbawanus Warb. & Ulbr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 365 (1920)
    • Hibiscus virgatus Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 71 (1825)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India
    • Introduced into:
      • Assam, East Himalaya, Lesser Sunda Is., Thailand, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

मराठी: शेंदरी वनस्पती
नेपाली: अर्कपुष्पी
  For more multimedia, look at Hibiscus hirtus on Wikimedia Commons.