Taxon: Hibiscus trionum L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CO*°, WY°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• bladder ketmia   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English
  
• flower-of-an-hour   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Venice-mallow   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English
  
• teel sheitani   (Source: F Egypt ) – Arabic
  
• ye xi gua miao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• Stunden-Roseneibisch   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• gin-sen-ka   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• subagpul   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• gibiskus trojčatyj   (Source: F Armenia ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• timvisare   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
  West Tropical Africa: Mali; Senegal
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - Transvaal
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Pakistan
  Indo-China: Myanmar
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Hungary; Slovakia
  East Europe: Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Greece [incl. Crete]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia

• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain
• widely naturalized

• exact native range obscure

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bates, D. M. 1965. Notes on the cultivated Malvaceae. 1. Hibiscus. Baileya 13:89–90.
• Boulos, L. 1999–. Flora of Egypt.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936–. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Savulescu, T. et al., eds; E. J. Nyárády et al., comp. 1952–1976. Flora republicii populare romine.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Takhtajan, A. L., ed. 1954–1987. Flora Armenii.
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hibiscus trionum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Hibiscus trionum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Hibiscus trionum.

Check other web resources for Hibiscus trionum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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

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