Hibiscus brackenridgei information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Hibiscus brackenridgei A. Gray

Genus: Hibiscus
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Malvoideae tribe: Hibisceae.
Nomen number: 19008
Place of publication: C. Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15:175, t. 12. 1854
Name verified on: 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Sep-2003
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Endangered
Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

yellow hibiscus (Source: not available) – English
ma`o-hau-hele (Source: End Sp TBull 18-4:16) – Hawaiian

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

PACIFIC
North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

References:

Bates, D. M. 1965. Notes on the cultivated Malvaceae. 1. Hibiscus. Baileya 13:86–89.
Department of the Interior, United States Fish & Wildlife Service. 1993. Endang. Spec. Techn. Bull. 18(4):16.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants - on-line resource. (US Fish & Wildl List)
Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. (F Hawaii)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hibiscus brackenridgei.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Hibiscus brackenridgei.
Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

Hibiscus brackenridgei var. mokuleianus M. J. Roe [≡ Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. mokuleianus]

Check other databases for Hibiscus brackenridgei A. Gray:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19008 (09 February 2010)

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