Hibiscus Linnaeus 1753 (mallow)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to C. Linnaeus 1753

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Abutilon, Apeiba, Aristotelicaulon, Bombaciphyllum, Bombacoxylon, Daberocarpon, Discoidites, Dombeyoideae, Firmiana, Guazuma, Heritieroxylon, Hibiscoxylon, Hightea, Luehea, Malva, Malvacarpus, Malvacearumpollis, Malvaciphyllum, Malvastrum, Malvocarpon, Manihotites, Mortoniodendron, Sterculia, Sterculites, Urena, Wataria, Wheeleroxylon

Subtaxa: Hibiscus tiliaceus

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Sawmill Sink peat (Quaternary of Bahamas)

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