Hibiscus schizopetlus(산호히비스쿠스)

 

 

 

학명 : Hibiscus schizopetalus (Dyer ex Masters) J. D. Hooker 

분류 : Malvaceae

학명 풀이

Hibiscus : The ancient Greek and Latin name for a mallow-like plant

schizopetalus : split petals

국내 유통명 : 산호히비스쿠스.  풍경무궁화

중국어명 : 吊灯(조등)芙桑

Common Name :  Coral Hibiscus, Fringed Hibiscus, Skeleton Hibiscus, Chinese Lantern,

 

사진 : 2022.07.29 세종식물원

 

 

 

 

FOC

 

Hibiscus schizopetalus (Dyer ex Masters) J. D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 106: t. 6524. 1880.

吊灯芙桑 diao deng fu sang

 

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linnaeus var. schizopetalus Dyer ex Masters, Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 272. 1879.

 

Shrubs evergreen, erect, to 3 m tall. Branchlets slender, usually pendulous, glabrous. Stipules subulate, ca. 2 mm, usually caducous; petiole 1-2 cm, stellate; leaf blade elliptic or oblong, not lobed, 4-7 × 1.5-4 cm, papery, glabrous, base obtuse or broadly cuneate, margin dentate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Flowers solitary, axillary on upper branchlets, pendulous. Pedicel slender, 8-14 cm, glabrous or slightly hairy, articulate in middle. Epicalyx lobes 5, lanceolate, 1-2 mm, ciliate, apex obtuse or acute. Calyx tubular, ca. 1.5 cm, sparsely hairy, 5-lobed, usually dehiscent on 1 side. Petals 5, red, ca. 5 cm, deeply pinnatifid, strongly reflexed. Staminal column longer than corolla, 9-10 cm, glabrous, curved upward toward tip; anthers restricted to upper part. Style branches 5, glabrous. Capsule oblong-cylindric, ca. 4 × 1 cm. Fl. year-round.

 

Cultivated. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, S Yunnan [native to E Africa; now widely cultivated as an ornamental].

 

Though clearly most closely related to Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, there is no reason to doubt that H. schizopetalus is indigenous to East Africa.