Hibiscus surattensis

Hibiscus surattensis
Hibiscus surattensis

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 surattensis

Name edit

Hibiscus surattensis L., 1753

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Furcaria surattensis (L.) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1856 (1836)
    • Hibiscus involucratus Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 384 (1796), nom. superfl.
    • Hibiscus surattensis var. genuinus Hochr. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 111 (1900), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Abelmoschus aculeatus Walp. in Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 308 (1842)
    • Hibiscus aculeatus G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 480 (1831), nom. illeg.
    • Hibiscus appendiculatus Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 542 (1812)
    • Hibiscus bifurcatus Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 545 (1837), nom. illeg.
    • Hibiscus hypoglossus E.Mey. ex Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 177 (1860), nom. nud.
    • Hibiscus surattensis var. villosus Hochr. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 112 (1900)
    • Hibiscus trinitarius Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 17 (1790), nom. nud.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Congo Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, China Southeast,, Hainan
    • Introduced into:
      • Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles

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

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Vernacular names edit

മലയാളം: വൈശ്യപ്പുളി
Tiếng Việt: Xương chua
中文: 刺芙蓉
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