Chinese Hibiscus, also called China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow or shoeblack plant, is a cultigen of tropical hibiscus in the Hibiscus genus and the mallow family Malvaceae. It is an artificial hybrid created in cultivation during the pre-Columbian era by Polynesians in the western Pacific, crossing Hibiscus cooperi and Hibiscus kaute, and it is now widely cultivated as an ornamental plant across the tropics and subtropics; it does not tolerate temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius and is Malaysia's official national flower.
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Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific NameHibiscus × rosa-sinensis 3 Connections
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Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ157124, descriptionView the Source 3. Wikipedia: Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis
Wikidata: Chinese Hibiscus
- Wikidata Q159534, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Hibiscus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q157124 (Hibiscus)
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