Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

HIBISCUS (La, G)
Hibiscus(Le) Wildestokroos
Family: MALVACEAE

hibiscus, hibiscum, ebiscum, = the marsh-mallow, From the Greek hibiskos.Possibly from ibis, stork, which fed on some species of mallow.
(ld, Le)

Hibiscus aethiopicus var. aethiopicus (G, La)
Cape Hibiscus(Wf) Common Dwarf Wild Hibiscus(PS)
Location: (F, P)

Aithiops, (αίθώ, όψ), = an Ethiop, negro, properly Burnt-face. Aethiopia, = a country in Africa, on both sides of the equator. Its limits cannot be accurately defined. (usually South Africa, in classical use Africa south of Libya and Egypt, hence Abyssinia) -icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, ld, BL)

Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. diversifolius (La)
Black-eyed Susan(Sw) Prickly Hibiscus(PS)
Location: (F)

diversus, = turned different ways; set over or against each other, opposite, contrary; folium, = a leaf. (with leaves of different shapes on the same individual)
(ld, BL)

Hibiscus trionum (An introduced plant) (G)

Location: (F, K, P)

tri-, = three times, thrice; onyks, = nail. (resembing properties of TRIONYX, a genus of chelonian reptiles, so called because only three of the five toes have nails )
(LS, Ox, K3)