- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus: Hibiscus L.
- Species: Hibiscus fuscus Garcke
Hibiscus fuscus subsp. naivashensis Mwachala
- Species: Hibiscus fuscus Garcke
- Genus: Hibiscus L.
This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Kenya.
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: Kenya, Naivasha District: escarpment 6.5 km N of Naivasha, Williams in EA 12328 (EA!, holo.; K!, iso.)
- Corolla
- Corolla mauve or pink, rarely white, petals reflexed when mature so that the flower is convex.
- Stamens
- Staminal column 16–19 mm long.
- Ecology
- Grassland; 1800–2200 m
- Distribution
- Flora districts: K3 K 4 ; Range: Not known elsewhere
Distribution
Other Data
Hibiscus fuscus subsp. naivashensis Mwachala appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Malv.: 50 (2009)
Accepted by
- Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170.
Sources
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0