Hibiscus kaute is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, first described as a distinct species in 2022.[1] It was first recorded in the wild in Tahiti in the 1850s and may also be native to the Marquesas Islands, both part of French Polynesia.[2] It is one of the parents of the widely cultivated Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis, the other being Hibiscus cooperi.[3]
| Hibiscus kaute | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Hibiscus |
| Species: | H. kaute
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| Binomial name | |
| Hibiscus kaute L.A.J.Thomson & Butaud[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Hibiscus kaute L.A.J.Thomson & Butaud", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2024-09-06
- ^ Thomson, Lex A.J.; Butaud, Jean-François; Braglia, Luca & Mabberley, David J. (22 September 2022), "Pacific Hibiscus Species (Malvaceae) in sect. Lilibiscus. 2. Hibiscus kaute sp. nov., a Missing Link from Eastern Polynesia" (PDF), Pacific Science, 76 (2), doi:10.2984/76.2.6, retrieved 2024-09-06
- ^ "Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis L..", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2024-09-01
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