Hibiscus grandiflorus

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

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Hibiscus
Sectio: H. sect. Muenchhusia
Species: Hibiscus grandiflorus

Name

Hibiscus grandiflorus Michx., 1803.

Typus: "Gerogiae et Floridae et in regione Natchez ad Mississipi", Michaux s.n. (lectotype: P; isolectotypes: P). Lectotypified by O.J.Blanchard, Novon 18: 5. 2008.

Synonyms

Heterotypic

Hibiscus urbanii Helwig, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 236. 1928.

Homonyms

Hibiscus grandiflorus Salisb. (1805) = Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent.
Hibiscus grandiflorus K.D.Koenig & Sims (1806) = ?
Hibiscus grandiflorus Juss. ex DC., nom. inval. (1824) 0 Thespesia grandiflora DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina Regional: Southern Central USA Texas Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 2. 340 pp. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 2: 46.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Hibiscus grandiflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Hibiscus grandiflorus. Published online. Accessed: October 05 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Hibiscus grandiflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 October 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Hibiscus grandiflorus. 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 05. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Swamp rosemallow

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