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, Wildestokroos (Le)
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 (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)
(Alien) (An introduced plant)
(LS, Ox, K3, Cw, S9)