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Hibiscus

Hibiscus
Family: Malvaceae
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JANAS 27(2)
PLANT: Subshrubs, shrubs, or trees (rarely herbs), variously pubescent or hispid to glabrescent. LEAVES: ovate to elliptic, sometimes lobed or parted, dentate or less often entire; abaxial foliar nectaries present or absent. FLOWERS: usually solitary in the leafaxils, sometimes aggregated apically; bracts of involucel 8-10(-20); calyx 5-lobed; corolla of various colors, sometimes with a dark center; staminal column apically 5-dentate; styles 5, with capitate stigmas. FRUITS: capsular, ovoid or oblong, glabrous or pubescent. SEEDS: hirsute or glabrescent (in ours silky-pubescent), several per locule. NOTES: Ca. 200 spp. from all warmer parts of the world and in some temperate areas. (Greek hibiscos, mallow, derived from Ibis, an Egyptian deity). Fryxell, P. A. 1980. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1624. pp.1-53. REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Bractlets of the epicalyx numerous, commonly about 12, linear; stamen- column with anthers along the sides; style-column prolonged, bearing 5 short branches with capitate stigmas; cor large; ovary 5-locular; ovules several in each locule; fr a subglobose to ovoid or prismatic, loculicidal capsule subtended or enclosed by the persistent, accrescent cal; seeds glabrous or roughened or hairy; annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, mostly with large fls. 200+, mostly warm reg.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora
Hibiscus acetosella
Media resource of Hibiscus acetosella
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Hibiscus aneuthe
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Hibiscus aphelus
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Hibiscus arnhemensis
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Hibiscus biseptus
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Hibiscus byrnesii
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Hibiscus cannabinus
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Hibiscus coccineus
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Hibiscus coulteri
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Hibiscus denudatus
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Hibiscus esculentus
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Hibiscus fallax
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Hibiscus forsteri
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Hibiscus grandiflorus
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Hibiscus kenneallyi
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Hibiscus marenitensis
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Hibiscus martianus
Media resource of Hibiscus martianus
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Hibiscus moscheutos
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Hibiscus petherickii
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Hibiscus reflexus
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Hibiscus riceae
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
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Hibiscus sabdariffa
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Hibiscus saponarius
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Hibiscus stewartii
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Hibiscus symonii
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Hibiscus syriacus
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Hibiscus thegaleus
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Hibiscus trionum
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