Taxon: Hibiscus striatus Cav.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Hibiscus striatus subsp. lambertianus (1 accessions)
• Hibiscus striatus subsp. striatus (1 accessions)

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Tabasco
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Jamaica
  Mesoamerica: Honduras
  Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay; Uruguay

References:

• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1988. Malvaceae of Mexico. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:227.
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Proctor, G. R. 1982. More additions to the flora of Jamaica. J. Arnold Arbor. 63:267.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hibiscus striatus.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Hibiscus striatus.

Synonyms:

• Hibiscus cisplatinus A. St.-Hil. [= Hibiscus striatus subsp. striatus]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Hibiscus lambertianus Kunth [≡ Hibiscus striatus subsp. lambertianus]
  

Check other web resources for Hibiscus striatus Cav.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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