Species Hibiscus trionum
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Etymology of Hibiscus:
Gk. hibiskos = name for the ‘marsh-mallow’ used by Virgil (Palmer), possibly derived from Gk. ibis = a stork that fed on some species of mallow.
Etymology of trionum:
From the Latin ‘trionum’ / ‘trionus’ meaning ‘resembling the reptiles of the genus Trionyx’
Scientific name:
Hibiscus trionum L.
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Unknown
Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 2: 697 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Stiffly hairy annual. Leaves mostly 3--5-palmatisect, toothed. Flowers pedunculate in the upper axils, yellow with dark eye, epicalyx of 10--12 linear lobes, calyx bell-shaped, purple-veined, swollen in fruit. Sept.--Feb. Stony slopes and forest margins, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth, introduced from Old World tropics).
Observations of Taxon
Hibiscus trionum
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Hibiscus trionum
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Hibiscus trionum
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Hibiscus trionum
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Hibiscus trionum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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