- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus: Hibiscus L.
- Species: Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell
- Species: Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
- Genus: Hibiscus L.
This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is E. & S. Tropical Africa to Botswana.
Descriptions
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Malvaceae, Bernard Verdcourt & Geoffrey Mwachala. Pavonia, B Verdcourt; Kosteletzkya, OJ Blanchard Jr.; Gossypium, P Fryxell & B Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Type
- Type: Botswana, Chobe R., Kabulabula, July 1930, van Son in Herb. Transv. Mus. 28936 (BM, holo; PRE, iso.)
- Stem
- Stems more densely hairy, more or less uniformly stellate-pubescent to stellate-tomentose
- Flowers
- Flowers reddish to purple with dark purple centre.
- Ecology
- Forest edges, papyrus swamp and other lakeside vegetation; 1400–1900 m
- Distribution
- Flora districts: U2 U3 U 4 ; K3 K 4 ; T1 T2 T4 T7 Range: Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana
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Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Introduced into:
Brazil South, Queensland
Synonyms
Other Data
Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (8 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jan 1, 1959 | Lugard, A.J. [301], Botswana | K000489665 | ||
Erens, J. [366], Botswana | K000489666 | |||
Pope, G.V. [814], Botswana | K000489664 | |||
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2413], Botswana | K000489667 | |||
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2384], Botswana | K000489668 | |||
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2871], Botswana | K000489669 | |||
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2871], Botswana | K000489670 | |||
Evens, J. [366] | Hibiscus rivularis | K000240662 |
Bibliography
First published in Fl. Zambes. 1(2): 444 (1961)
Accepted by
- Badry, M.O. (2015). Macro- and micro-morphological characters of Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq. subsp. diversifolius (Malvaceae): A new record for the flora of Egypt Feddes Repertorium 126: 37-47.
- Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1961). Flora Zambesiaca 1(2): 337-581. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1961). Flora Zambesiaca 1(2): 337-581. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29(1): 63 (1999).
- Edmonds, Distr. Hibiscus Sect. Furcaria Trop. E. Afr.: 17 (1991)
- F.Z. 1: 444 (1961)
Sources
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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