Hibiscus poeppigii

(Sprengel) Garcke

Jahresber. Naturwiss. Vereins Halle 2: 133. 1850.

Common names: Poeppig’s rose-mallow
Basionym: Achania poeppigii Sprengel Syst. Veg. 3: 100. 1826
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 256. Mentioned on page 252, 255.

Subshrubs to 1.8 m, herbage with appressed-stellate pubescence throughout. Stems additionally with line of fine, curved, simple hairs extending from node to node and decurrent from leaf base; older twigs brown or greenish brown to gray. Leaves: stipules narrowly triangular, 2–4.5 mm; petiole mostly 1/4–3/4 blade, with line of fine, curved hairs adaxially; blade broadly ovate to transversely broadly ovate, usually 3-lobed or 3-fid, mostly 1.2–4.5 × 1.2–4.3 cm, base cordate to truncate, rarely broadly cuneate, margins irregularly crenate to serrate, apex obtuse to broadly acute, apex of lateral lobes obtuse or broadly acute, surfaces scabridulous, hairs appressed-stellate, nectary present abaxially at base of midvein. Inflorescences solitary flowers in axils of distal leaves. Pedicels jointed beyond middle, 2–5 cm, exceeding petioles and sometimes blades; involucellar bractlets 9–11, linear to narrowly oblanceolate or subulate-linear, 0.5–0.9 cm, margins not or indistinctly ciliate. Flowers nodding or pendulous; calyx divided ± 1/2 length, narrowly campanulate, 0.7–1.2 cm, exceeding involucel, lobes narrowly triangular-ovate, apices acute or short-acuminate, nectaries absent; corolla narrowly funnelform, petals bright red [pink], broadly oblanceolate, ± convolute, 1.5–2.6 [–3.5] × 0.4–1.2 cm, margins ± entire, sparingly hairy abaxially where exposed in bud; staminal column exserted, straight, bright red, 1.8–3.4 cm, bearing filaments on distal 1/2, free portion of filaments not secund, 2–3 mm; pollen dark orange; styles red, 1–3.5 mm; stigmas red. Capsules dull brown, ± globose, 0.9–1.1 cm, equaling or surpassing calyces, apex apiculate, coarsely stellate-hairy. Seeds brown, angulately reniform-ovoid, 2–2.6 mm, pale silky-hairy ± throughout. 2n = 22 (Jamaica).


Phenology: Flowering winter–summer.
Habitat: Open thickets and hammocks, limestone-derived soil
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Fla., e, se Mexico, West Indies (Cuba), West Indies (Jamaica), Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

Hibiscus poeppigii has been called H. pilosus (Swartz) Fawcett & Rendle (for example, J. K. Small 1933; R. W. Long and O. Lakela 1971), a name that pertains to a species of Malvaviscus. In the flora area, H. poeppigii is confined to Miami-Dade and Monroe counties; it has been erroneously cited from mid-peninsular Florida on the basis of a mislabeled specimen. The floral characteristics suggest hummingbird pollination.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Hibiscus poeppigii"
stellate-hairy +
short-acuminate;acute;acute;obtuse;obtuse;broadly acute +
Orland J. Blanchard Jr. +
(Sprengel) Garcke +
cuneate +, cordate +  and truncate +
Achania poeppigii +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
broadly ovate +  and transversely broadly ovate usually 3-lobed or 3-fid +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4.3 cm43 mm <br />0.043 m <br />) +
deciduous +  and persistent +
linear +  and narrowly oblanceolate or subulate-linear +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
not spathaceous +
persistent +
campanulate +  and divided +
accrescent +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
surpassing calyces +  and equaling +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Poeppig’s rose-mallow +
rotate +  and campanulate +
Fla. +, e +, se Mexico +, West Indies (Cuba) +, West Indies (Jamaica) +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
0–10 m +
sparse;copious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
pendulous +  and nodding +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
spheroid +  and ovoid +
Open thickets and hammocks, limestone-derived soil +
appressed-stellate +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
triangular-ovate +
irregularly crenate;serrate +
wedge--shaped +
5-carpellate +
8 +  and 60 +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
adnate +  and distinct +
1.5cm;2.6cm +
oblanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
1/4 +  and 3/4 +
Flowering winter–summer. +
dark orange +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Jahresber. Naturwiss. Vereins Halle +
pale +  and brown +
silky-hairy +
not +  and papillose +
reniform-ovoid +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
sessile +  and subsessile +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br />) +
decurrent +
wedge--shaped +  and discoid +
1-2 times number of carpels +
triangular +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
scabridulous +
Mallow +
Hibiscus poeppigii +
Hibiscus +
species +
greenish brown;gray +
perennial +  and annual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +
[27 +, 26 +, [20 +, 19 +, 18 +, 15 +  and 17 +