Astrohibiscus
| Astrohibiscus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Hibisceae |
| Genus: | Astrohibiscus McLay & R.L.Barrett |
| Species: | A. caesius |
| Binomial name | |
| Astrohibiscus caesius (Garcke) McLay & R.L.Barrett | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Astrohibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Astrohibiscus caesius, a shrub native to southern tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.[1]
The species is native to southern tropical Africa, ranging from southwestern Tanzania to Angola and the Northern Provinces of South Africa, as well as India and Pakistan.[1]
The species was first described as Hibiscus caesius by Christian August Friedrich Garcke in 1849. In 2024 Todd McLay and Russell Lindsay Barrett placed the species in the newly described monotypic genus Astrohibiscus as Astrohibiscus caesius.[1][2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Astrohibiscus caesius (Garcke) McLay & R.L.Barrett". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ↑ Margaret M. Hanes, Orland J. Blanchard Jr., Janice Valencia-D., Todd McLay, J. Richard Abbott, Stuart F. McDaniel, Russell L. Barrett, Sarah Mathews, and Kurt M. Neubig "Phylogenetic Relationships Within Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) Reveal Complex Patterns of Polyphyly in Hibiscus and Pavonia," Systematic Botany 49(1), 77-116, (6 May 2024). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364424X17114831879189