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  1. Family: Malvaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Hibiscus L.
      1. Species: Hibiscus fuscus Garcke

        1. Hibiscus fuscus subsp. naivashensis Mwachala

        This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Kenya.

    [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

    Hibiscus fuscus subsp. naivashensis Mwachala appears in other Kew resources:

    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
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    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/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    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