However, among the members of this family are some which hold a few surprises either in that people do not realise that they are closely related to the hibiscus such as the Beach Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus) which to most appears to treelike to be belong to the same genus.
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| Beach Hibiscus, Hibiscus tiliaceus |
Binomial Name: Hibiscus tiliaceus
Common names: Beach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Coastal Hibiscus, Coast Hibiscus, Cottonwood, Green Cottonwood, Native Hibiscus, Native Rosella, Cottonwood Hibiscus, Kurrajong, Sea Rosemallow, Norfolk Hibiscus (English); Fau (Samoan); Hau (Hawaiian); Purau (Tahitian)
Taxonomy: Unranked: Angiosperms – Unranked: Eudicots – Unranked: Rosids – Order: Malavales– Family: Malvaceae – Genus: Hibiscus – Species: H. tiliaceus
Then there is the Sleeping Hibiscus, Malvaviscus pendiflorus which although it belongs to the same family is actually from a different genus altogether.
Then there is the Sleeping Hibiscus, Malvaviscus pendiflorus which although it belongs to the same family is actually from a different genus altogether.
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| Sleeping Hibiscus, Malvaviscuc penduliflorus |
Binomial Name: Malvaviscuc penduliflorus
Common names: turk’s cap, Turk’s
Cap Mallow, Sleeping Hibiscus, Ladies Teardrop, Wax mallow and Mazapan (English) Aute(Samoan)
Taxonomy: Unranked: Angiosperms – Unranked: Eudicots –
Unranked: Rosids – Order: Malvales – Family: Malvaceae – Subfamily: Malvoideae
– Tribe: Hibisceae –Genus –Malvaviscus - Species: Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Other species:
Malvaviscus arboreu,. Malvaviscus palmanus
NOTE: Plant this
if you want to attract hummingbirds or other honeyeaters to your garden.
Then there is the Common Hollyhock,Alcea rosea which closely resembles the common hibiscus in the structure and appearance of its flowers although its seed pods and the whole plant structure as well as the way in which the flowers are presented is distinctly different.
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| Common Hollyhock, Alcea rosea |
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| Common Hollyhock, Alcea rosea |
Common names: Common Hollyhock (English) ?(Samoan)
Taxonomy: Unranked: Angiosperms – Unranked: Eudicots – Unranked: Rosids – Order: Malvales – Family: Malvaceae –Genus –Alcea - Species: Alcea rosea
Other species: Alcea biennis (Biennial Hollyhock)
Another strange character in the Malvaceae family is the Rose Mallow, Hibiscus syriacus or Rose of Sharon (an name it shares with another plant Jerusalem star, Hypericum calycinum)
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| Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus |
Binomial Name: Hibiscus syriacus
Taxonomy: Phylum: Angiosperms– Class: Eudicots – Unranked: Rosids – Order: Malavales– Family: Malvaceae – Genus: Hibiscus – Species: H. Syriacus
Common names: Rose of Sharon, Rose Mallow, St Jospeh’s rod (English); Hibiscus syriacus (French); Rosa de Siria (Spanish); Ibisco cinese (Italian) Tuinhibiscus (Dutch); Straucheibisch, Scharonrose, Syrischer Eibisch, Garteneibisch, Festblume(German)
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