Hibiscus grandiflorus

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. Muenchhusia
Species: Hibiscus grandiflorus

Name[edit]

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[edit]

Heterotypic

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

Homonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

English: Swamp rosemallow

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