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Rio Congo, Panama, Panama
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Orinda, California, United States
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Kokio keokeo or Oahu white hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)The two native Hawaiian white hibiscuses, Hibiscus arnottianus and H. waimeae, are the only known species of hibiscuses in the world known to have fragrant flowers!Early Hawaiians used these flowers medicinally. The bases of the buds of hau hele (H. arnottianus, H. furcellatus) were chewed by the mother and given to infants as a laxative. Too, children would chew and swallow seeds for general weakness of the body.NPH00012
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Scott's hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the island of Socotra (Soqotr) off the coast of YemenIUCN Status: VulnerableOahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. (Cultivated)
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Dwarf hibiscus or Brazilian rosemallowMalvaceaeNative to The Caribbean, Central America to northern South AmericaOahu, (Cultivated)
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Kokio keokeo or Molokai white hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai only)EndangeredHawaii Island (Cultivated)The flowers of this particular plant are turning out to be huge!The two native Hawaiian white hibiscuses, Hibiscus arnottianus and H. waimeae, are the only known species of hibiscuses in the world known to have fragrant flowers!Early Hawaiians used these flowers medicinally. The bases of the buds of hau hele (H. arnottianus, H. furcellatus) were chewed by the mother and given to infants as a laxative. Too, children would chew and swallow seeds for general weakness of the body.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet is named in for George Walker Arnott (1799-1868), Scottish botanist, traveler, collector and director of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens.Flowers have a white staminal (stamen) column and fittingly has the subspecific epithet immaculatus, Latin for "without spots" or "pure."
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Mao hau heleMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Budding branch. Open flower seen at
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4797239047/in/photolist-...This subspecies grows to be a small tree.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies is mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.
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Hibiscus syriacus 'Diana'Rose of Sharon 'Diana'. One of the many species called "Rose of Sharon", a reference to Song of Solomon 2:1. Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea. You will see it on the side of police cars, military officer pips and nearly every official seal. Korea is, as well, compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
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King Canyon Trail, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, Feb 10, 2012This flower extends from Arizona and California to the tip of Baja California in Mexico.
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Lawn Hill, Queensland, Australia
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Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Hibiscus aethiopicus L. var. ovatus Harv. Date: 0000-00-00 Location: Rd to Osborne Dam Habitat:
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Species: Hibiscus schizopetalus (Mast.) Hook.f. Date: 2012-01-02 Location: La Rochelle Habitat: Planted in garden
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Species: Hibiscus migeodii Exell Date: 2014-05-01 Location: Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique Habitat: Open fragmented coastal forest
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Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia
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Hwy235, 3.6 Mi NE of junc with Hwy 65, 4.5 k (by crow) NE of Pindall, Searcy County, Arkansas, US
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Buffalo National River, .5Mi downstream from Woolum Ford, Searcy County, Arkansas, US
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Philip Island hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to Philip Island (south of Norfolk Island, off New Zealand)EPBC Act Status: Critically endangeredOahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. (Cultivated)
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