Taxon:  Hibiscus micranthus L. f.



Summary
Genus:
Hibiscus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:
19056
Place of publication:
Suppl. pl. 308.  1782 ("1781")
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hibiscus ovalifolius (Forssk.) Vahl
Urena ovalifolia Forssk.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
  2. India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  3. Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:77.
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  7. Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Karachi. Pakistan plant database (on-line resource).
  8. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  9. Rakshit, S. C. & B. C. Kundu. 1972. Revision of the Indian species of Hibiscus. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12:172.
  10. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  11. Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
  12. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  13. The Missouri Botanical Garden with others. A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
  14. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaDjibouti  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSouth Sudan  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  The Missouri Botanical Garden with others. A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOdisha India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTelangana India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Karachi. Pakistan plant database (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Karachi. Pakistan plant database (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Karachi. Pakistan plant database (on-line resource).
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana], Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar

Reference(s)
  1. African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
  2. India Flora Online Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  3. Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Karachi. Pakistan plant database (on-line resource).
  4. The Missouri Botanical Garden with others. A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19056. Accessed 12 May 2026.