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Hibiscus Linnaeus 1753 (rosemallow)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to C. Linnaeus 1753

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976

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

Subtaxa: Hibiscus abelmoschus Hibiscus esculentus Hibiscus ficulneus Hibiscus hirtus Hibiscus malvaviscus Hibiscus manihot Hibiscus moscheutos Hibiscus mutabilis Hibiscus palustris Hibiscus pentacarpos Hibiscus populneus Hibiscus rosasinensis Hibiscus sabdariffa Hibiscus surattensis Hibiscus syriacus Hibiscus tiliaceus Hibiscus trionum Hibiscus virginicus Hibiscus vitifolius Hibiscus zeylonicus

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Type: Hibiscus syriacus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

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

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