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Hibiscus gibsonii

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Name

Identification
Hibiscus gibsonii Stocks ex Harv. & Sond. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Hibiscus caesius Garcke [family MALVACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hibiscus gibsonii
  • Hibiscus caesius
  • Hibiscus pentaphyllus

Flora

Entry for Hibiscus caesius Garcke [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 420, (1961) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Hibiscus gibsonii Stocks ex Harv. [family MALVACEAE], in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 2: 587 (1862). — Mast. in Hook., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 339(1874). Type from S.W. Africa.
Hibiscus caesius var. genuinus Hochr. [family MALVACEAE], in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève, 4, 160 (1900). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 169 (1937). Type as for H. caesius.
Hibiscus pentaphyllus F. Muell. [family MALVACEAE], Fragm. Phyt. Austr. 2: 13 (1860) non Roxb. (1832) — Mast. in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 198 (1868). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 415 (1916). — Wild, Guide Fl. Vict. Falls: 147 (1953). — Martineau, Rhod. Wild Fl.: 51, 19 fig. 2 (1954). Type from Australia.
Hibiscus caesius Garcke [family MALVACEAE], in Bot, Zeit. 7: 850 (1849); in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 125 (1861). — Ulbr. & Fr. in R.E.Fr, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 145 (1914). — Garcia in Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 20: 40 (1946) TAB. 89 fig. 9. Type: Mozambique, Tete, Peters (B†).
Information
Shrub up to 2 m. tall, sometimes subscandent; stems glabrous or sparsely setose. Leaf digitately 3–5-foliolate or palmatisect; leaflets 2–10 × 1–3 cm., with sparse 2–3-pronged hairs mainly on the lower surface, apex acute, margin serrate, base cuneate; petiole up to 8 cm. long, pilose or setose-pilose; stipules 10–12 mm. long, linear to filiform. Flowers up to 10 cm. in diam., yellow or cream with purple or reddish-brown centre, solitary, axillary; peduncle up to 12 cm. long, sparsely setose, articulated near the apex. Epicalyx of 7–9 bracts; bracts 1·5–3·5 cm. long, stiff, pungent, slightly joined at the base. Calyx up to 3 cm. long; lobes up to 3 × 1 cm., ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 3–5-nerved, free almost to the base, sparsely pubescent on the margins. Petals up to 5 × 4 cm., obovate, very sparsely setose or glabrous. Staminal tube 15 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1·5–2 mm. long. Style projecting 1·5 mm. above the apex of the staminal tube before branching; branches 2 mm. long. Capsule c. 15 × 13 mm., ovoid, sparsely setose. Seeds 5 × 3·5 mm., lune-shaped, very minutely scaly, with a few scattered hairs, ± glabrescent.
Habitat
Woodland and riverine fringes.
Range
Tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World
Distribution
Mozambique MS Maringuè, fl. 30.vi.1950, Chase 2480 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinga, Sabi Valley, fl. 28.iii.1956, Whellan 1022 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Gwanda, Mbezi R., 610 m., fl. & fr. v.1955, Davies 1313 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Gwelo, 1750 m., fl. i.1920, Walters 2700 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Victoria Falls, 915 m., fl. & fr. 1.ii.1934, Sounders Davies (BM).Zambia S Victoria Falls, fl. & fr. 30.vii.1911, Fries 150 (UPS).Zambia C Lusaka, Mt. Makulu, fl. & fr. 4.iv.1955, E.M. & W. 1404 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Botswana SE Bamangwato Territory, fl. iii.1895, Holub 1190 (K).Mozambique T Muatize, Inhantoto, fl. & fr. 7.v.1948, Mendonça 4106 (BM; LISC).Malawi S Chikwawa Distr., S. of Lilanje R., fl. 25.iii.1960, Phipps 2710 (BM; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Urungwe Distr., Rifa R., 1000 m., 24.ii.1953, Wild 4102 (BM; SRGH).Zambia B Nangweshi, 1040 m., fl. & fr. 19.vii.1952, Codd 7122 (BM; PRE; SRGH).Botswana N Chobe Airstrip, fl. 29.vii.1950, Robertson & Elffers 79 (PRE; SRGH).

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