Genus: Hibiscus

Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus   L.  -  Rose-of-Sharon

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Taken in 1976.

By Kerry Barringer

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Last Modified 04/12/2013

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Nomenclature

Hibiscus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 693. 1753. Gen. Pl. 310. 1754. nom. cons. Ketmia Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4. 1754, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Hibiscus syriacus L., typ. cons.

Muenchhusia Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. ed. 2. 278. 1763. TYPE: Hibiscus palustris.

Key to the species of Hibiscus

 

List of Hibiscus Species

References to Hibiscus

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