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Chinese Hibiscus

Flowering Plants

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
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Eaten or Drunk by People 1
Relationship to People
Source of Dye 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
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Child Taxon Of

Hibiscus, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Chinese Hibiscus
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q159534 (P225 taxon name)
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis (known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblack plant) is a cultigen of tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibiscus genus and Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae.
  • Edible use
    The flowers of H. × rosa-sinensis are edible and are used in salads in the Pacific Islands.
  • Dye use
    Traditional uses in China have been to make a black shoe-polish from its flower petals, or to make a woman's black hair dye.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ157124, descriptionView the Source
4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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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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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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