Hibiscus surattensis

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 surattensis L., 1753

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.

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

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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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Hibiscus surattensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Hibiscus surattensis. Published online. Accessed: October 09 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Hibiscus surattensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 October 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Hibiscus surattensis. 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 09. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hibiscus surattensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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中文: 刺芙蓉

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