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Hibiscus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 693 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000017873.

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Synonyms of Hibiscus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bombix Medik. Malvenfam. 44. 1787. wfo-4000004942
Bombycella Lindl. Veg. Kingd. , ed. 2: 370 (1847) wfo-4000004943
Bombyx Moench Meth. 616. 1794. wfo-4000004947
Brockmania W.Fitzg. J. Proc. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 3: 174 (1918) wfo-4000005466
Canhamo – – wfo-4000006537
Cotyloplecta Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13: 14. 1863. wfo-4000009492
Erebennus Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13: 14. 1863. wfo-4000013682
Fioria Mattei Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo , n.s., 2: 71 (1917) wfo-4000014790
Furcaria Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1856. 1836. wfo-4000015133
Gourmania – – wfo-4000016097
Ketmia Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. wfo-4000019966
Laguna Cav. Diss. 2(App.): 2 (1786) wfo-4000020461
Marconia Mattei Revista Umbria Medica 2(14): 214 (1921) wfo-4000023129
Munchusia Heist. ex Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 115 (1838) wfo-4000024972
Sabdariffa (DC.) Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1857. 1836. wfo-4000033711
Symphyochlamys Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 379. 1903. wfo-4000037205
Talipariti Fryxell Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 231 (2001) wfo-4000037490
Thepparatia Phuph. Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 34: 195 (2006) wfo-4000038169
Wilhelminia Hochr. Nova Guinea 14: 160 (1924) wfo-4000040717
Trionaea Medik. Malvenfam. : 45 (1787) wfo-4000044303

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Hibiscus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus abyssinicus Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 758. 1840 wfo-0000722241
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus acerifolius DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 448. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] wfo-0000722243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus acetosifolius DC. Prodr. 1: 455 (1824) wfo-0001076713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus acetosus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 17. 1790 wfo-0000722245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus adoensis Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 29. 1841 wfo-0000722249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aestuans Rottler ex Mast. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(3): 845. 1875 [Feb 1875] wfo-0000722252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aethiopicus var. aethiopicus – – — wfo-0001077572
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aethiopicus var. angustifolius (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Exell Unknown Publ. wfo-0001077574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aethiopicus var. asperifolius Hochr. – — wfo-0001077577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aethiopicus var. genuinus Hochr. – — wfo-0001077573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aethiopicus var. ovatus Harv. Fl. Cap. 1: 174. 1860 (1860) wfo-0001077576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus agioxillos Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 283 (1829) wfo-0000722255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus albus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1876 E. 1829 wfo-0000722258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus altheifolius Shuttlew. Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 23. 1852 [1 Mar 1852] ; Plantae Wrightianae wfo-0000722260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus amaliae Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 404 (1928) wfo-0000722261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus ambanitazensis M.M.Hanes & G.E.Schatz Candollea 75(2): 197. 2020 wfo-1000023144
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus analalavensis M.M.Hanes & G.E.Schatz Candollea 75(2): 198. 2020 wfo-1000001440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus androphoropetaloides Pancher Tahiti : 228 (1860) wfo-0000745956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus angulosus Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 758; Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 341. 1840 wfo-0000722274
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus angustifolia Hook. – wfo-0001349291
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus ankeranensis M.M.Hanes & G.E.Schatz Candollea 75(2): 200. 2020 wfo-1000001441
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus apricus Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 284 (1829) wfo-0000722286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus archeri W.Wats. Gard. & Forest 9: 324 (1896) wfo-0001077486
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus archeri W.Watson Gard. & Forest 9: 324 (1896) wfo-0000722291
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus arenarius Scop. Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 3: 3. 1788 [Jan-Sep 1788] wfo-0000722293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus aristatus Hort ex Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 103. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] wfo-0000722300
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus armatus Roxb. ex Beatson Tracts St. Helena 310 (1816); Melliss, St. Helena, 243 (1875), nomen. wfo-0000722301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus armeniacus Bouché Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 403 (1840) wfo-0000722302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus arnottii Griff. ex Mast Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(3): 844. 1875 [Feb 1875] wfo-0000722305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus articulatus var. glabrescens Hochr. Unknown Publ. wfo-1200011330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus arvensis Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 284 (1829) wfo-0000722307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus ascendens Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 310. wfo-0000722308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus asperatus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1908 B. 1829 wfo-0000722310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus asperifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 38 (1835) wfo-0000722311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus asperifolius Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 11: 159 (1944) wfo-0000722312
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus attenuatus Bosse Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 4: t. 1 (1828) wfo-0000722314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus axillaris Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 283 (1829) wfo-0000722318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus azureus Bojer ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 98. 1883 [1884 publ. 1883] wfo-0000722321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus bahamensis Britton Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 120. 1905 wfo-0000722325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus bahamensis Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 14 (1768) wfo-0000722324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus barbadensis f. fruticulosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 68. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001323794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus barbadensis f. racemosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 68. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001323795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus barbadensis var. racemosus (Poir.) Kuntze – wfo-0001390951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus barbatus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 17. 1790 wfo-0000722329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus belandierianus Moric. Pl. Amer. 8, pl. 6 1830 — wfo-0001265418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus benedicti Callm., G.E.Schatz & M.M.Hanes Candollea 75(2): 324. 2020 wfo-1000001442
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus bennettii L.A.J.Thomson & Braglia Pacific Sci. 73(1): 92. 2019 wfo-1000001197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus boivinii Belanger Voy. Indes Or. : t. s.n. (1836) wfo-0000722354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus bracteatus Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 282 (1829) wfo-0000722365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus bragliae L.A.J.Thomson Pacific Sci. 73(1): 98. 2019 wfo-1000032456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus brevibracteosus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 405 (1928) wfo-0000722370
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus burtonii F.M.Bailey Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 2: 7 (1891) wfo-0000722379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus caerulescens var. atalofosy Hochr. Candollea 12: 178. 1949 (1949) wfo-1200011437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus caerulescens var. bevilanyensis Hochr. Candollea 5: 11. 1932 (1932) wfo-1200011545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus caerulescens var. humbertiellus Hochr. Candollea 12: 176. 1949 (1949) wfo-1200011625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus caesius var. caesius – Revision du Genre Hibiscus 1900 = l'Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Gen?ve 4 (1900) 160 wfo-0001392765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus caesius var. genuinus Hochr. Revision du Genre Hibiscus 1900 = l'Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Gen?ve 4 (1900) 160 wfo-0001392761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus calisureus hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 142, in syn. 1894 wfo-0001353669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus calyculatus (Hochr.) M.M.Hanes, G.E.Schatz & Callm. Candollea 75(2): 194. 2020 wfo-1000001443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus campylochlamys var. campylochlamys – – wfo-0001392769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus canaranus Miq. ex Mast. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(2): 341. 1874 [Jan 1874] wfo-0000722396
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus canescens B.Heyne Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2698. 1831 wfo-0000722399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cannabinus var. simplex A. et G. Howard – — wfo-0001316129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus capitalensis Krapov. & Fryxell Bonplandia (Corrientes) 13: 96 (2004) wfo-0000722404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus carolinianus Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. : 65 (1813) wfo-0000722405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus carrii Borss.Waalk. Reinwardtia 4: 57 (1956) wfo-0000722407
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cernuus Terrac. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. (1892) 422. wfo-0000722415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus chinensis Roxb. Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 212. 1832 wfo-0000722420
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus chrysanthus W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 199: 13 (1884) wfo-0000722423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus chrysinocolla McLay & S.J.Dillon Nuytsia 31: 41. 2020 wfo-1000023145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus coelestis Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 17 (1790) wfo-0000722435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cordifolius L.f. Suppl. Pl. 309. 1782 [1781 publ. Apr 1782] wfo-0000722450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus crassicalyx J.M.Black Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 57: 154 (1933) wfo-0000722458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus crotonifolius Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1901. 1829 wfo-0000722461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cruentatus Schrank ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 758 (1840) wfo-0000722462
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cucurbitaceus var. genuinus Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 119. 1900 wfo-0001392849
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cuneifolius Garcke Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 852. 1849 wfo-0000722470
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cuneifolius hort. ex Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 108. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] wfo-0000722469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cupreus Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , n.s., 14: 600 (1907) wfo-0000722472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cupularis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 408 (1928) wfo-0000722474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cupularis var. cupularis – – wfo-0001392786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cupularis var. strigosus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 408 (1928) wfo-0000722475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cyclocalicinus Parsa Fl. Iran [Parsa] 1(2): 1376, sine descr. lat. 1952 wfo-0001353670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus cymosa Walter Fl. Carol. : 179 (1788) wfo-0000722477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus decandrus Medik. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 758. 1840 wfo-0000722481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus decaspermus Koord. & Valeton in Koord. Exkursionsfl. Java ii. 587 (1912), in clavi. wfo-0000722482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus decipiens A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 347 (1828) wfo-0000722484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus denudatus var. genuinus Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 4: 77. 1900 wfo-0001392851
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus digitatus Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3. 220. 1813 [24 Sep 1813] wfo-0000722490
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus digitiformis DC. Prodr. 1: 454 (1824) wfo-0000722491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus divaricatus var. divaricatus – – wfo-0001394163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus divaricatus var. genuinus Hochr. Revision du Genre Hibiscus 1900 = l'Annuaire du Conseratoire et du Jardin Botaniques de Gen?ve 4 (1900) 121 wfo-0001394164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus eggersii Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 421 (1908) wfo-0000722514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus ellenbeckii Ulbr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 163 (1922) wfo-0000722516
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus elsworthii F.Muell. Fragm. 8: 241 (1874) wfo-0000722521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus epidospermus Mast. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 197 1868 — wfo-0001228738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus erectus L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 85 (1912), nomen. wfo-0001353671
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus erianthus R.Br. Voy. Abyss. [Salt] Append. p. lxv. 1814 [Sep 1814] , nom. nud. wfo-0000722522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus esculentus var. elongatus Berliand Zemledel. Turtsiya [Zhukovsky] 562, 887. 1933 wfo-1200021598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Hibiscus esculentus var. vavilovii Berliand Zemledel. Turtsiya [Zhukovsky] 562, 887. 1933 wfo-1200021599