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hibiscuses
Hibiscus
Hibiscus is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae native to the tropics and subtropics. The genus is quite large, comprising 319 species. Hibiscus are renowned for their large, showy flowers and those species are commonly known simply as "hibiscus", or less widely known as rose mallow. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees.
Several species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, notably Hibiscus syriacus and Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tricolor Hibiscus
hybridHibiscus × rosa-sinensis
common hibiscus
speciesHibiscus syriacus
Muenchhusia
sectionMuenchhusia
sea hibiscus
speciesHibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus trionum
complexHibiscus trionum
Red Hibiscus
hybridHibiscus × archeri
Rock Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus denudatus
Cotton Rosemallow
speciesHibiscus mutabilis
Spider Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus schizopetalus
woolly rosemallow
speciesHibiscus lasiocarpos
Taiwan cotton rose
speciesHibiscus taiwanensis
Lemonyellow Rosemallow
speciesHibiscus calyphyllus
Cape Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus aethiopicus
Heart Leaf Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus martianus
desert rosemallow
speciesHibiscus coulteri
Bladderweed
speciesHibiscus pusillus
koki‘o ke‘oke‘o
speciesHibiscus arnottianus
Tiny White Wild Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus micranthus
Wineleaf Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus vitifolius
Hibiscus striatus
speciesHibiscus striatus
forest pink hibiscus
speciesHibiscus pedunculatus
Hibiscus microcarpus
speciesHibiscus microcarpus
Lobed Leaf Mallow
speciesHibiscus lobatus
blue mahoe
speciesHibiscus elatus
Sturt's Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus sturtii
Wild Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus engleri
Brazilian rosemallow
speciesHibiscus phoeniceus
Arizona rosemallow
speciesHibiscus biseptus
koki‘o ‘ula
speciesHibiscus kokio
koki‘o ke‘oke‘o
speciesHibiscus waimeae
Hibiscus flavifolius
speciesHibiscus flavifolius
Makino's Mallow
speciesHibiscus makinoi
Poeppig's Rosemallow
speciesHibiscus poeppigii
Doll's Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus sidiformis
Hibiscus elliottiae
speciesHibiscus elliottiae
Hibiscus rhodanthus
speciesHibiscus rhodanthus
Cape Rose-Mallow
speciesHibiscus ribifolius
Yellow Rose Mallow
speciesHibiscus hamabo
Hibiscus schinzii
speciesHibiscus schinzii
Hibiscus aponeurus
speciesHibiscus aponeurus
Hibiscus fuscus
speciesHibiscus fuscus
Hibiscus acicularis
speciesHibiscus acicularis
Hibiscus praeteritus
speciesHibiscus praeteritus
Hibiscus clayi
speciesHibiscus clayi
Hibiscus macrophyllus
speciesHibiscus macrophyllus
Hibiscus meyeri
speciesHibiscus meyeri
Hibiscus ovalifolius
speciesHibiscus ovalifolius
Hibiscus palmatus
speciesHibiscus palmatus
Lesser Mallow
speciesHibiscus hirtus
Hibiscus brachysiphonius
speciesHibiscus brachysiphonius
Yellow Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus panduriformis
Hibiscus solanifolius
speciesHibiscus solanifolius
Hibiscus waterbergensis
speciesHibiscus waterbergensis
Hibiscus fleckii
speciesHibiscus fleckii
Hibiscus indicus
speciesHibiscus indicus
Hibiscus leptocladus
speciesHibiscus leptocladus
Hibiscus austrinus
speciesHibiscus austrinus
Dongola Hibiscus
speciesHibiscus dongolensis
Hibiscus physaloides
speciesHibiscus physaloides
Hibiscus escobariae
speciesHibiscus escobariae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.271
Rare Asiatic Plants, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Wallich · 1830 · p.108
Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes
W.D. Westervelt · 1916 · p.72
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 4 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.31
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.319
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.248
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.278
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.79
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.81
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.402
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.407
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.408
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Hibiscus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48891.