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Taxon:  Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern



Summary
Genus:
Hibiscus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:
19002
Place of publication:
Cat. afr. pl. 1:73. 1896 (Welwitsch ex Ficalho, Bol. Soc. Geogr. Lisb. 2:608. 1881, nom. nud.)
Verified:
08/19/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (9  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hibiscus eetveldeanus De Wild. & T. Durand
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Reference(s)
  1. Bates, D. M. 1965. Notes on the cultivated Malvaceae. 1. Hibiscus. Baileya 13:80-82.
  2. Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:59-60.
  3. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  5. Fryxell, P. A. 1988. Malvaceae of Mexico. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:200.
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
  10. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:176.
  11. Wilson, F. D. 1978. Wild kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L. (Malvaceae), and related species in Kenya and Tanzania. Econ. Bot. 32:203.
  12. Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:68-69.
  13. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
false roselle –
red-leaf hibiscus –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
6Other     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:176.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19002. Accessed 5 January 2025.

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