Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze is a plant in the Malvaceae family, order Malvales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze

Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze

Hibiscus lobatus, the lobed leaf mallow, is an annual flowering Malvaceae plant native to seasonally dry Old World Tropics, with white or yellow flowers and no pseudo-sepals.

Family
Genus
Hibiscus
Order
Malvales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze

Hibiscus lobatus, commonly known as the lobed leaf mallow, is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is native to regions of the seasonally dry Old World Tropics, ranging from Senegal in Africa to Hainan in China. The species has also been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago. It is an annual plant that bears white or yellow flowers, and unlike all other Hibiscus species, it does not have pseudo-sepals.

Photo: (c) Siddarth Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Siddarth Machado · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malvales Malvaceae Hibiscus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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