- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus: Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
- Genus: Hibiscus L.
[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)
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree to 9 m tall.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems glabrous or sparsely to densely stellate-pubescent, becoming brown-grey with prominent lenticels
- Morphology 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
- Morphology Reproductive morphology 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
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers 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.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal tube 2–2.5 cm long, filaments 2 mm long; exserted part of style 5–8 mm long, pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.6–2.2 cm long, valves acuminate, densely grey-tomentose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology 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.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, 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
- Cistus tricuspis (Banks ex Cav.) Darwin
- Abelmoschus guineensis Walp.
- Hibiscus boninensis Nakai
- Hibiscus circinnatus Willd.
- Hibiscus corrugatus J.W.Moore
- Hibiscus guineensis DC.
- Hibiscus hastatus L.f.
- Hibiscus porophyllus Vell.
- Hibiscus tiliaceus f. albiflorus (O.Deg. & Greenwell) H.St.John
- Hibiscus tiliaceus var. genuinus Hochr.
- Hibiscus tiliifolius Salisb.
- Hibiscus tortuosus Roxb.
- Hibiscus tricuspis Banks ex Cav.
- Kosteletzkya hastata Garcke
- Parita tiliaceus (L.) Scop.
- Pariti boninense (Nakai) Nakai
- Pariti circinnatum (Willd.) G.Don
- Pariti grande Britton
- Pariti guineense G.Don
- Pariti hastatum (L.f.) O.Deg. & Greenwell
- Pariti purpurascens Seem.
- Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss.
- Pariti tiliifolium Nakai
- Pariti tortuosum (Roxb.) Voigt
- Pariti tricuspe (Banks ex Cav.) G.Don
- Talipariti hastatum (L.f.) Fryxell
- Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell
- Talipariti tortuosum (Roxb.) Fryxell
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 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 694 (1753)
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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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