Hibiscus ovalifolius

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

Hibiscus ovalifolius (Forssk.) Vahl, 1790.

Homotypic
- Urena ovalifolia Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775)
Heterotypic
- Hibiscus baidoensis Chiov. in Fl. Somala 1: 100 (1929)
- Hibiscus baidoensis var. parvifolius Chiov. in Fl. Somala 1: 101 (1929)
- Hibiscus brackenridgei var. kauaianus Caum in Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 9(5): 5 (1930)
- Hibiscus calycosus A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 62 (1848)
- Hibiscus canescens B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 49 (1834)
- Hibiscus ficarius E.Mey. ex Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 170 (1860)
- Hibiscus lanzae Cufod. in Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 131 (1939)
- Hibiscus rockii O.Deg. & I.Deg. in O.Degener, Fl. Hawaiiensis 221: [s.p.] (1962)
- Hibiscus subtrilobatus Hochst. ex Mast. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 203 (1868)
- Hibiscus triumfettifolius Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 312 (1827)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Namibia, Senegal
Continental: Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Myanmar
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Yemen

Vahl, M. 1790. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 1. 85 pp., tt. 1–25. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 50.

Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

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Tropicos.org 2023. Hibiscus ovalifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 October 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Hibiscus ovalifolius. 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 08. Reference page.
African Plants Database 2009. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2010 Febr 12 [1].
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hibiscus ovalifolius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Rock's hibiscus

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