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*Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linnaeus. Section: Lilibiscus. Common name: Garden Hibiscus, Garden Rose-mallow, Shoeblack-plant. Habitat: Disturbed areas; apparently of garden origin.

Origin/Endemic status: Garden origin

Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes (see synonymy) considered a hybrid of Hibiscus cooperi × kaute.

Synonymy : = Bah, FNA6, K4, NS, (basionym); = Hibiscus ×rosa-sinensis — POWO; = Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. var. rosa-sinensis — Fl4, WH3

Links to other floras: = Hibiscus rosa-sinensis - FNA6

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