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Hibiscus ferrugineus

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Filed as Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
not on sheet of Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
Syntype of Hibiscus shirensis Sprague & hut. var. perrierellum Hochr. [family MALVACEAE]
Syntype of Hibiscus shirensis Sprague&Hut. var. perrierellus Hochr. [family MALVACEAE]
Filed as Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
Type of Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
Syntype of Hibiscus shirensis Sprague & hut. var. perrierellum Hochr. [family MALVACEAE]
Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav.
Filed as Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav. [family MALVACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hibiscus ferrugineus

Flora

Entry for HIBISCUS gossypinus Thunb. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 157, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
HIBISCUS gossypinus Thunb. [family MALVACEAE], Cap. p. 549.;—DC. Prod. 1 p. 453.
HIBISCUS ferrugineus E. & Z. [family MALVACEAE], ! an Cav.?
HIBISCUS fuscus Garke [family MALVACEAE], !
Information
shrubby, the rod-like branches and short petioles densely setose with red-brown, rigid hairs; leaves ovate or elliptical, obtuse, serrulate, pubescent on the upper, tomentose on the lower surface; stipules setaceous; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, jointed and swollen below the flower, densely tomentose; invol. of 10–12 filiform, hairy leaflets, shorter than the lanceolate, rufo-tomentose calyx lobes; capsule obtuse; seeds clothed with long hairs. A tall shrub, with long, straight, simple branches; the pubescence generally dark red-brown. Flowers small, yellow; the petals externally stellate-hairy.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near the Luris River, Thunberg! Kat River, E. & Z.! South Africa, Drege! Port Natal, Gueinzius! Sanderson! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)

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