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Hibiscus calyphyllus Cav. [family MALVACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 calyphyllus Cav. [family MALVACEAE], Diss. Bot. 5: 283, t. 140 (1788). — Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève, 4: 99 (1900). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 397, fig. 186 U–W (1921). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 2: 281 (1932). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 174 (1937). — Mendonça & Torre, Contr. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. 1: 15 (1950). — Martineau, Rhod. Wild Fl.: 50 (1954). TAB. 89 fig. 7. Type from Reunion.
Hibiscus calycinus Willd. [family MALVACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3: 817 (1800) now. illegit. — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 170 (1860). — Mast. in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 203 (1868). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 415 (1916). Type as above.
Hibiscus wildii Suesseng. [family MALVACEAE], in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 103 (1951). Type: S. Rhodesia, Marandellas, fl. 12.iii.1941, Dehn 202 (M, holotype).
Information
Shrub or perennial herb up to 3 m. tall; stems tomentose or pubescent when young, later glabrescent. Leaf-lamina up to 12 × 12 cm., suborbicular in outline, obscurely or distinctly 3–5-lobed, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilosulose above, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilose or stellate-tomentose beneath, apex acute, margin serrate, base cordate or subcordate; petiole usually up to 9 (18) cm. long, stellate-pilose; stipules up to 15 mm. long, filiform or subsetaceous, somewhat expanded at the base. Flowers up to 12 cm. in diam., yellow usually with a brownish or dark red centre, solitary, axillary; peduncle c. 7 (10) mm. long, stellate-pubescent, usually rather inconspicuously articulated near the base. Epicalyx of 5 bracts, stellate-pubescent; bracts up to 18 mm. long, varying greatly in shape but nearly always broadest near the middle then narrowed suddenly to a caudate tip which is a prolongation of the midrib, joined for 3–4 mm. at the base. Calyx up to 16 mm. long, stellate-tomentellous; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, usually 3-nerved, joined to nearly half-way. Petals up to 6 × 4·5 cm., obliquely obovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Staminal tube up to 15 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1·5–3 mm. long. Style-branches 4–5 mm. long. Capsule 25 × 15 mm., ellipsoid; valves aristate. Seeds 3 × 2·5 mm., subreniform, tomentellous.
Habitat
In rainforest, riverine forest, thickets and grassland.
Distribution
Zambia N Chilongowelo, 1490 m., fl. & fr. 4.iv.1952, Richards 1539 (K).Botswana N Ngamiland, fl., Curson 257 (PRE).Mozambique M between Umbeluzi and Matola, fl. & fr. 27.xii.1958, Lemos 123 (LISC; LMJ).Mozambique GI Guijà, between Massingire and Mpulanguene, fr. 8.v.1957, Carvalho 172 (BM).Malawi S Ncheu Distr., Bawi, 750 m., fl. & fr. 16.iii.1955, E.M. & W. 924 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S 13 km. SE. of Tuli, fl. & fr. 22.iii.1959, Drummond 5918 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali Distr., near Colonel Peacock’s Farm, fl. 21.ii.1954, Chase 5195 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Maidstone, near Rusape, c. 1450 m., fl. 20.ii.1931, Norlindh & Weimarck 5118 (BM).Zimbabwe W Bulalima-Mangwe, fl. & fr. 6.v.1942, Feiertag in GHS 45502 (SRGH).Zambia W Ndola, fr. 3.vi.1954, Fanshawe 1264 (K).Zambia C Lusaka, fl. 7.iii.1957, Noak 146 (BM; SRGH).Botswana SE Pharing, 1200 m., fl. v.1948, Miller B/610 (PRE).Mozambique MS Chimoio, Vila Pery, Monte Chizombero, fl. & fr. 26.iii.1948, Garcia 740 (BM; LISC).Malawi N Mbawa, fl. & fr. 7.iv.1955, Jackson 1616 (SRGH).Zimbabwe N Trelawney Distr., fr. 29.iii.1944, Jack 241 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
tropical Africa
S. Africa
Madagascar
Mascarene Is.
Notes
There seems to be a transition between this species and H. dongolensis. Specimens occur with the bracts of the epicalyx only slightly broader in the middle and with a sparser indumentum on the lower surface of the leaf. Garcia 740, cited above, is one of these. Pedro & Pedrógão 6330 (LMJ; SRGH) from near Dombe (Manica e Sofala) seems to be intermediate between H. calyphyllus and H. platycalyx.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 calyphyllus Cav. [family MALVACEAE], Diss. Bot. 5: 283, t. 140 (1788). — Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève, 4: 99 (1900). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 397, fig. 186 U–W (1921). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 2: 281 (1932). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 174 (1937). — Mendonça & Torre, Contr. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. 1: 15 (1950). — Martineau, Rhod. Wild Fl.: 50 (1954). TAB. 89 fig. 7. Type from Reunion.
Hibiscus calycinus Willd. [family MALVACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3: 817 (1800) now. illegit. — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 170 (1860). — Mast. in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 203 (1868). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 415 (1916). Type as above.
Hibiscus wildii Suesseng. [family MALVACEAE], in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 103 (1951). Type: S. Rhodesia, Marandellas, fl. 12.iii.1941, Dehn 202 (M, holotype).
Information
Shrub or perennial herb up to 3 m. tall; stems tomentose or pubescent when young, later glabrescent. Leaf-lamina up to 12 × 12 cm., suborbicular in outline, obscurely or distinctly 3–5-lobed, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilosulose above, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilose or stellate-tomentose beneath, apex acute, margin serrate, base cordate or subcordate; petiole usually up to 9 (18) cm. long, stellate-pilose; stipules up to 15 mm. long, filiform or subsetaceous, somewhat expanded at the base. Flowers up to 12 cm. in diam., yellow usually with a brownish or dark red centre, solitary, axillary; peduncle c. 7 (10) mm. long, stellate-pubescent, usually rather inconspicuously articulated near the base. Epicalyx of 5 bracts, stellate-pubescent; bracts up to 18 mm. long, varying greatly in shape but nearly always broadest near the middle then narrowed suddenly to a caudate tip which is a prolongation of the midrib, joined for 3–4 mm. at the base. Calyx up to 16 mm. long, stellate-tomentellous; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, usually 3-nerved, joined to nearly half-way. Petals up to 6 × 4·5 cm., obliquely obovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Staminal tube up to 15 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1·5–3 mm. long. Style-branches 4–5 mm. long. Capsule 25 × 15 mm., ellipsoid; valves aristate. Seeds 3 × 2·5 mm., subreniform, tomentellous.
Habitat
In rainforest, riverine forest, thickets and grassland.
Distribution
Zambia N Chilongowelo, 1490 m., fl. & fr. 4.iv.1952, Richards 1539 (K).Botswana N Ngamiland, fl., Curson 257 (PRE).Mozambique M between Umbeluzi and Matola, fl. & fr. 27.xii.1958, Lemos 123 (LISC; LMJ).Mozambique GI Guijà, between Massingire and Mpulanguene, fr. 8.v.1957, Carvalho 172 (BM).Malawi S Ncheu Distr., Bawi, 750 m., fl. & fr. 16.iii.1955, E.M. & W. 924 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S 13 km. SE. of Tuli, fl. & fr. 22.iii.1959, Drummond 5918 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali Distr., near Colonel Peacock’s Farm, fl. 21.ii.1954, Chase 5195 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Maidstone, near Rusape, c. 1450 m., fl. 20.ii.1931, Norlindh & Weimarck 5118 (BM).Zimbabwe W Bulalima-Mangwe, fl. & fr. 6.v.1942, Feiertag in GHS 45502 (SRGH).Zambia W Ndola, fr. 3.vi.1954, Fanshawe 1264 (K).Zambia C Lusaka, fl. 7.iii.1957, Noak 146 (BM; SRGH).Botswana SE Pharing, 1200 m., fl. v.1948, Miller B/610 (PRE).Mozambique MS Chimoio, Vila Pery, Monte Chizombero, fl. & fr. 26.iii.1948, Garcia 740 (BM; LISC).Malawi N Mbawa, fl. & fr. 7.iv.1955, Jackson 1616 (SRGH).Zimbabwe N Trelawney Distr., fr. 29.iii.1944, Jack 241 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
tropical Africa
S. Africa
Madagascar
Mascarene Is.
Notes
There seems to be a transition between this species and H. dongolensis. Specimens occur with the bracts of the epicalyx only slightly broader in the middle and with a sparser indumentum on the lower surface of the leaf. Garcia 740, cited above, is one of these. Pedro & Pedrógão 6330 (LMJ; SRGH) from near Dombe (Manica e Sofala) seems to be intermediate between H. calyphyllus and H. platycalyx.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 calyphyllus Cav. [family MALVACEAE], Diss. Bot. 5: 283, t. 140 (1788). — Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève, 4: 99 (1900). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 397, fig. 186 U–W (1921). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 2: 281 (1932). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 1: 174 (1937). — Mendonça & Torre, Contr. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. 1: 15 (1950). — Martineau, Rhod. Wild Fl.: 50 (1954). TAB. 89 fig. 7. Type from Reunion.
Hibiscus calycinus Willd. [family MALVACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3: 817 (1800) now. illegit. — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 170 (1860). — Mast. in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 203 (1868). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 415 (1916). Type as above.
Hibiscus wildii Suesseng. [family MALVACEAE], in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 103 (1951). Type: S. Rhodesia, Marandellas, fl. 12.iii.1941, Dehn 202 (M, holotype).
Information
Shrub or perennial herb up to 3 m. tall; stems tomentose or pubescent when young, later glabrescent. Leaf-lamina up to 12 × 12 cm., suborbicular in outline, obscurely or distinctly 3–5-lobed, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilosulose above, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilose or stellate-tomentose beneath, apex acute, margin serrate, base cordate or subcordate; petiole usually up to 9 (18) cm. long, stellate-pilose; stipules up to 15 mm. long, filiform or subsetaceous, somewhat expanded at the base. Flowers up to 12 cm. in diam., yellow usually with a brownish or dark red centre, solitary, axillary; peduncle c. 7 (10) mm. long, stellate-pubescent, usually rather inconspicuously articulated near the base. Epicalyx of 5 bracts, stellate-pubescent; bracts up to 18 mm. long, varying greatly in shape but nearly always broadest near the middle then narrowed suddenly to a caudate tip which is a prolongation of the midrib, joined for 3–4 mm. at the base. Calyx up to 16 mm. long, stellate-tomentellous; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, usually 3-nerved, joined to nearly half-way. Petals up to 6 × 4·5 cm., obliquely obovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Staminal tube up to 15 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1·5–3 mm. long. Style-branches 4–5 mm. long. Capsule 25 × 15 mm., ellipsoid; valves aristate. Seeds 3 × 2·5 mm., subreniform, tomentellous.
Habitat
In rainforest, riverine forest, thickets and grassland.
Distribution
Zambia N Chilongowelo, 1490 m., fl. & fr. 4.iv.1952, Richards 1539 (K).Botswana N Ngamiland, fl., Curson 257 (PRE).Mozambique M between Umbeluzi and Matola, fl. & fr. 27.xii.1958, Lemos 123 (LISC; LMJ).Mozambique GI Guijà, between Massingire and Mpulanguene, fr. 8.v.1957, Carvalho 172 (BM).Malawi S Ncheu Distr., Bawi, 750 m., fl. & fr. 16.iii.1955, E.M. & W. 924 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S 13 km. SE. of Tuli, fl. & fr. 22.iii.1959, Drummond 5918 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali Distr., near Colonel Peacock’s Farm, fl. 21.ii.1954, Chase 5195 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Maidstone, near Rusape, c. 1450 m., fl. 20.ii.1931, Norlindh & Weimarck 5118 (BM).Zimbabwe W Bulalima-Mangwe, fl. & fr. 6.v.1942, Feiertag in GHS 45502 (SRGH).Zambia W Ndola, fr. 3.vi.1954, Fanshawe 1264 (K).Zambia C Lusaka, fl. 7.iii.1957, Noak 146 (BM; SRGH).Botswana SE Pharing, 1200 m., fl. v.1948, Miller B/610 (PRE).Mozambique MS Chimoio, Vila Pery, Monte Chizombero, fl. & fr. 26.iii.1948, Garcia 740 (BM; LISC).Malawi N Mbawa, fl. & fr. 7.iv.1955, Jackson 1616 (SRGH).Zimbabwe N Trelawney Distr., fr. 29.iii.1944, Jack 241 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
tropical Africa
S. Africa
Madagascar
Mascarene Is.
Notes
There seems to be a transition between this species and H. dongolensis. Specimens occur with the bracts of the epicalyx only slightly broader in the middle and with a sparser indumentum on the lower surface of the leaf. Garcia 740, cited above, is one of these. Pedro & Pedrógão 6330 (LMJ; SRGH) from near Dombe (Manica e Sofala) seems to be intermediate between H. calyphyllus and H. platycalyx.
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