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  1. Family: Malvaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Hibiscus L.

      1. Hibiscus tiliaceus L.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

    [FTEA]

    Malvaceae, Bernard Verdcourt & Geoffrey Mwachala. Pavonia, B Verdcourt; Kosteletzkya, OJ Blanchard Jr.; Gossypium, P Fryxell & B Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

    Type
    Lectotype: India, Herb. Hermann 3: 51, No. 259 (BM-000594693)
    Habit
    Tree to 9 m tall.
    Stem
    Stems glabrous or sparsely to densely stellate-pubescent, becoming brown-grey with prominent lenticels
    Leaves
    Leaves ovate to orbicular, 6–22 × 6–23 cm, unlobed or rarely 3-lobed, apex acuminate or rounded, base cordate, margin entire to obscurely dentate, glabrous or sparsely stellate-pubescent above, glabrous or stellatetomentose below; petiole 6–15(–17) cm long, sparsely to densely stellate-tomentose; stipules lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1.7–3.5 × 0.8–1.5 cm, caducuous
    Flowers
    Flowers in terminal 3–6-flowered cymes; pedicel 0.5–2 cm long, articulated at base, densely stellate-pubescent, angular in the upper part; epicalyx cuplike, to 7 mm long, adnate to calyx, with ten teeth to 2 mm long, densely stellate-tomentose; calyx lobes lanceolate, 11–18 × 5–7 mm, fused in the lower 1/3, each with prominent median vein on which a gland (nectary) occurs, acute, densely tomentose
    Corolla
    Petals yellow, 4–6.5 cm long, the basal dark red, 1–2 cm, densely stellate-tomentose on the outside, sparsely pubescent or glabrous within.
    Stamens
    Staminal tube 2–2.5 cm long, filaments 2 mm long; exserted part of style 5–8 mm long, pubescent
    Fruits
    Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.6–2.2 cm long, valves acuminate, densely grey-tomentose.
    Seeds
    Seeds brown, reniform, 4 × 2 mm, tuberculate.
    Ecology
    Sandy seashores and mangrove swamps; 0–20 m
    Distribution
    Flora districts: K7 T3 T6 ZP Range: Pan-tropical
    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 50 m.; Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico.
    Habit
    Árbol
    Conservation
    No Evaluada

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Congo, Cook Is., Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zaïre

    Introduced into:

    Chagos Archipelago, Cuba, Easter Is., Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Leeward Is., Suriname

    Accepted Infraspecifics

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Hibiscus tiliaceus L. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Mar 7, 2016 Sands, M.J.S. [2845], Papua New Guinea K000607641
    Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1103], Cameroon K000381350
    Jan 1, 1976 Letouzey, R. [14813], Cameroon K000105005
    Jan 1, 1939 Matuda, E. [2730], Mexico K001035793
    Maitland, T.D. [0s.n.3], Cameroon K000105051
    Maitland, T.D. [28], Cameroon K000105053
    Purpus, C.A. [12042], Mexico K001035791
    Kajewski, S.F. [85], Vanuatu K000659905
    Forster [s.n.] K000659900 isotype
    Linden, J. [834], Mexico K001035792
    Salzmann [s.n.], Brazil K001218379
    Ghiesbreght, M. [329], Mexico K001035795
    Miers, J. [3142], Brazil K001218387
    Gaudichaud [952], Brazil K001218386
    Thompson, S.A. [1355], Cameroon K000105052
    Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1912], Myanmar K001114702
    Fróes, R.L. [20009], Brazil K001218385
    Fróes, R.L. [1838], Brazil K001218444
    Galeotti, H. [4082], Mexico K001035796
    Galeotti, H. [s.n.], Mexico K001035794
    Glaziou, A.F.M. [18888], Brazil K001218378
    Glaziou, A.F.M. [2497], Brazil K001218380
    Gardner [189], Brazil K001218383
    Gardner [189], Brazil K001218384
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114698
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114699
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114700
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114701
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114703
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114704
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114705
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114706
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1912] K001114707
    Burchell [s.n.], Brazil K001218381
    Burchell [2727], Brazil K001218382
    Martius [576], Brazil K001218445
    Langalsé, E. [148], Mexico K001134760
    Horne, J. [704], Fiji Hibiscus tricuspis K001045586
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1914] Hibiscus tricuspis K001114710
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1914] Hibiscus tricuspis K001114711
    Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1913], India Hibiscus tortuosus K001114708
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 1913] Hibiscus tortuosus K001114709

    Bibliography

    First published in Sp. Pl.: 694 (1753)

    Accepted by

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    Not accepted by

    • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Talipariti tiliaceum.]

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