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†).
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).