Hibiscus berberidifolius A. Rich. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Hibiscus berberidifolius A. Rich.

Summary

Genus:

Hibiscus

Family:

Malvaceae

Subfamily:

Malvoideae

Tribe:

Hibisceae

Nomen number:

70348

Place of publication:

Tent. fl. abyss. 1:56. 1847

Verified:

03/21/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq. var. witteanus Hochr.

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Reference(s)

Menzel, M. Y. et al. 1983. Some pieces of the African genome puzzle in Hibiscus sect. Furcaria (Malvaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 70:287.
Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
Wilson, F. D. 1983. The taxonomic status of Hibiscus berberidifolius section Furcaria Malvaceae. Brittonia 35:175-179.
Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:61-62.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Congo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Congo, Rwanda

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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70348. Accessed 3 August 2025.