Chinese Hibiscus

Information about Chinese Hibiscus

Chinese hibiscus hybrid

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Hibiscus
Species:	*H. rosa-sinensis*

Binomial name

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
L.

The Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, family Malvaceae) is an evergreen shrub native to East Asia. It is also known as China rose and shoe flower. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics and subtropics. The flowers are large, red, firm, but lack any scent. Numerous cultivars, varieties, and hybrids have been created, with flower colors ranging from white through yellow and orange to scarlet and shades of pink, with both single and double sets of petals.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the national flower of Malaysia, called the Bunga Raya in Malay and "Sembaruthi" in Tamil and mamdaram in Telugu (మందారం). The flowers are used to shine shoes in parts of India, as well as for the worship of Devi. Hibiscus flowers are also used for hair care.

Gallery

Hibiscus rosa sinensis found in Kerala

References and external links

Varieties and cultivars of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. – discussion of taxonomy
TSN 21611. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Hibiscus Care and Disease Information

Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866^[1]

Divisions

Green algae

Chlorophyta
Charophyta

Land plants (embryophytes)

Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)

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Magnoliophyta

Classes

Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being
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Malvales
Dumort., 1829

Families

See text

Malvales is the name of an order of flowering plants. As circumscribed by APG II-system, it includes about 6000 species within nine families.
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Malvaceae
Juss.

Subfamilies
Bombacoideae
Brownlowioideae
Byttnerioideae
Dombeyoideae
Grewioideae
Helicteroideae
Malvoideae
Sterculioideae
Tilioideae

Malvaceae
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Hibiscus
L.

Species
Over 200 species

Hibiscus, or rosemallow, is a large genus of about 200–220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von LinnÃ©)

Carl von LinnÃ©, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose all their foliage for part of the year.

Leaf persistence in evergreen plants may vary from only a few months (with new leaves constantly being grown and old
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A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m (15-20 ft) tall.
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East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically, it covers about 12,000,000 kmÂ², or about 28% of the Asian continent and about 15% bigger than the area of Europe. More than 1.
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An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value. The term is often abbreviated to ornamental (usually as a noun) when used in horticultural contexts.
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tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere, at approximately 23Â°30' (23.5Â°) N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23Â°30' (23.5Â°) S latitude.
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Motto
"Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu"
"Unity Is Strength"¹
Anthem
Negaraku
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Malay}}}
Writing system: Rumi (Latin alphabet) (official) and Jawi (Arabic script); historically written in Pallava, Kawi and Rencong
Official status
Official language of:

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Tamil}}}
Writing system: Vatteluttu
Official status
Official language of: India,^[4]^[5]

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Telugu}}}
Writing system: Telugu script
Official status
Official language of: India
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: te
ISO 639-2: tel
ISO 639-3: tel

Telugu
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Devi (Devanagari: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for Goddess. Goddesses are an integral part of Hinduism, and the worship of goddesses is a significant aspect of Hindu religion.
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Coordinates:

Kerala (/span>]]^{?Â· i}; Malayalam: ; Kēraḷaṁ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India.
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