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Hibiscus meyeri
meyeri
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| Synonyms: |
Hibiscus mendoncae Exell Hibiscus microphyllus E. Mey. |
| Common names: | Lebombo hibiscus (English) |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or small shrub, up to c. 2.5 m tall. Branchlets appressed stellate hairy. Leaves broadly ovate to almost circular in outline, 1-3 cm long, often 3-lobed, 3-5-veined, sparsely stellate-hairy; margin serrate; petiole up to8 mm long; stipules 2-4 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary on a peduncle up to 3.5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, white turning pink or purplish when older. Epicalyx usually of 7 bracts, 2-3 mm long, filiform. Calyx up to 6.5 mm long with lobes elliptic-triangular, 5 mm long. Capsule subglobose, 10 mm in diameter,minutely pubescent. Seeds with a white or slightly brownish silky floss. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | meyeri: named after Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791-1858), German professor of botany at the University of Konigsberg and Director of the Botanical Garden. |
| Habitat: | In Androstachys woodland and along forest margins or shaded stream banks, often in rocky places. |
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| Flowering time: | Almost throughout the year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique and Kwazulu-Natal South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 13 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 104. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 84. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 454. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hibiscus meyeriBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hibiscus meyeri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hibiscus meyeri
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hibiscus meyeri
Plants of the World Online: Hibiscus meyeri
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