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Hibiscus L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
693
ICN
Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus syriacus L.
genus
Hibiscus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malvales
Malvaceae
Hibiscus

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is host of
Ileostylus micranthus (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hibiscus L.

Fls perfect, 5-merous, axillary or terminal, solitary to paniculate; involucre of few to several bracts. Calyx 5-toothed; petals adnate to staminal column; anthers attached below the apex. Fr. a dry ± dehiscent capsule. Herbs, shrubs or trees with palmately veined or lobed lvs. Widespread genus of perhaps some 200 spp. It is doubtful whether either spp. found in N.Z. is indigenous; both are now rather rare.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Hibiscus L.

Annual to perennial herbs, shrubs or trees. Lvs lobed or not, usually toothed. Fls axillary and solitary, or in axillary or terminal infls; epicalyx segments 6-13, free or united; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading, usually obtuse. Style branches as many as loculi, dilated to capitate stigma. Fr. a 5-celled capsule; cells 3- or more seeded, dehiscent, not separating from axis at maturity.

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Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus L.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus L.
Craven, L.A.; de Lange, P.J. et al. (2011)
Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Malvaceae
Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Hibiscus L.
Malvaceae
Hibiscus L.
Hibiscus L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Hibiscus L.

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Hibiscus L.
Australia
Northern Territory
1 Link to an external page
Hibiscus L.
Cook Islands
2 Link to an external page
Hibiscus L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
4 Link to an external page
Hibiscus L.
French Polynesia
1 Link to an external page
Hibiscus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
1 Link to an external page
Hibiscus L.
Tokelau
2 Link to an external page
Hibiscus L.
Tuvalu
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37eee15a-857c-4dfd-aed7-8be150b61292
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 February 2014
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