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The genus Hibiscus is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Hibiscus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Hibiscus acapulcensis Fryxell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus acicularis Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus altissimus Hornby	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus andongensis Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus angolensis Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus aponeurus Sprague & Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus aridicola J. Anthony	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus articulatus Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus asper Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus austroyunnanensis C.Y. Wu & K.M. Feng	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus barbosae Exell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus benguellensis Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus berberidifolius A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus bernieri Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus bifurcatus Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus biseptus S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus bojerianus Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus burtt-davyi Dunkley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus caerulescens Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus caesius Garcke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus calyphyllus Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus cameronii Knowles & Westcott	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus cannabinus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus castroi Baker f. & Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus citrinus Fryxell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus clypeatus L.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus colimensis Fryxell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus comoensis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus congestiflorus Hochr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus costatus A. Rich.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus coulteri Harv. ex A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus cuanzensis Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus denudatus Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus dimidiatus Schrank	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus diplocrater Hochr.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus dongolensis Caill. ex Delile	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus donianus D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus elatus Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus elegans Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus engleri K. Schum.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus erlangeri (Gürke) Thulin	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus escobariae Fryxell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus exellii Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus ferrugineus Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus ficalhoanus Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus flavoroseus Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus fragrans Roxburgh	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus fritzscheae Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus fugosioides Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus furcellatus Desr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus fuscus Garcke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus gilletii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus gossweileri Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus grandidieri Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus grandistipulatus (Hochr.) Hochr.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus grewiifolius Hassk.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus hamabo Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus hasslerianus Hochr.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus hispidissimus Griff.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus × hongjinma Y.T. Chang	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus huillensis Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus hundtii Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus hybridus F. Dietr.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus indicus (Burm. f.) Hochr.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus integrifolius (Chapm.) Small	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus jaliscensis Fryxell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus kochii Fryxell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus labordei H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus lasiocarpos Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus lasiococcus Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus lavateroides Moric.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus laxiflorus A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus leviseminus M.G. Gilbert, Y. Tang & Dorr	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus loandensis Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus longisepalus Hochr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus ludwigii Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus lunariifolius Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus macrogonus Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus macrophyllus Roxb. ex Hornem.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus malacospermus (Turcz.) E. Mey. ex Harv.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus martianus Zucc.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus mastersianus Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus mechowii Garcke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus meeusei Exell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus micranthus L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus moscheutos L.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus mossamedensis (Hiern) Exell & Mend.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus moxicoensis Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus mutabilis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus nigricaulis Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus noldeae Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus obtusilobus Garcke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus orbicularis Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus ottoi Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus owariensis P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus pachycarpus Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus palmatus Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus panduriformis Burm.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus paramutabilis L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus partitus (Hochr.) F.D. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus peripteroides Fryxell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus peruvianus R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus phoeniceus Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus physaloides Guill. & Perr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus platycalyx Mast.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus poeppigii (Spreng.) Garcke	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus pohlii Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus praeteritus R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus pruriosus Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus purpusii Brandegee	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus pusillus Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus pycnostemon Hochr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus radiatus Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus rhabdotospermus Garcke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus rhodanthus Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. & Perr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus rubriflorus Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus sabiensis Exell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus schinzii Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus schizopetalus (Dyer) Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus scotellii Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus selesiensis Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus sidiformis Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus sinosyriacus L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus sororius L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus spiralis Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus squamosus Hochr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus stenophyllus Baker	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus sterculiifolius (Guill. & Perr.) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus striatus Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus surattensis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus syriacus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus taiwanensis S.Y. Hu	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus tenorii Fryxell	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus thespesianus Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus tiliaceus L.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus trilobus Aubl.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus trionum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus uncinatus DC.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus uncinellus Moç. & Sessé ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus urticifolius A.St.-Hil. & Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus verbasciformis Klotzsch ex Hochr.	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus vilhenae Cavaco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus vitifolius L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus whytei Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hibiscus yunnanensis S.Y. Hu	Accepted		TRO
Hibiscus zygomorphus Fryxell & S. Koch	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,102 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hibiscus. Of these 154 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 135 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hibiscus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,102 species names for the genus Hibiscus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	154	14.0%
◕	Synonym	308	27.9%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.1%
◕	Unassessed	639	58.0%

All names

The status of the 1,237 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hibiscus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	178	14.4%
◕	Synonym	409	33.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.1%
◕	Unassessed	649	52.5%

Of these names,

• 10 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 1,102 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hibiscus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	150	292	0	0	442	40.1%
	Low confidence	4	16	1	639	660	59.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Hibiscus, are as follows: