Sabdariffa heterophylla (Vent.) McLay & R.L.Barrett, 2025
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Sabdariffa heterophylla (Vent.) McLay & R.L.Barrett |
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comb. nov. |
Sabdariffa heterophylla (Vent.) McLay & R.L.Barrett View in CoL , comb. nov.
( Fig. 18 c, d View Fig .)
Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent., Jard. Malm. 2: 103, t. 103 (1804), non Griff. (1854); Type: Cultivated. France, Malmaison, from material collected in Australia [most likely originating from New South Wales: Sydney region, 1802–1803, Leschenault or Guichenot s.n.], E.P. Ventinat s.n. (holo [mounted on 3 sheets]: G 00341495).
Hibiscus flabellatus Desf. , Tabl . École Bot . 147 (1804). Type citation: ‘… N. Holl.…’. Type: ‘N. Holl.’ [ Australia: New South Wales: Sydney region, Baudin Expedition, 1802–1803, J. Leschenault de la Tour or A. Guichenot s.n.] (holo: P 00270074).
Hibiscus procerus Wall. , Num . List no. 2692 [p. 91] (1831), nom. inval., nom. nud.
Hibiscus persicifolius Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. View in CoL 1: 38 (1835). Type: South Africa: In the Great Karroo; between Graaf Reynet and Uitenhage; near Klipplaatrivier, Dec., C.F. Ecklon & C. L. P . Zeyher 305 ( Herb. Sond.) (lecto, designated by F. D.Wilson, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London ( Botany) 29(1): 77 (1999): S G-10316; isolecto: MEL, NBG, S 07-10463 ) .
Hibiscus margeriae A.Cunn. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. View in CoL 1: 213 (1863); Hibiscus heterophyllus var. margeriae (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. View in CoL 22(89): 405 (1928). Type citation: ‘ The northern specimens belong mostly to a broader-leaved form, distinguished by A. Cunningham under the name H. Margeriae View in CoL .’ Type: Australia: Queensland: Brisbane River , Sep. 1829, A . Cunningham 43 (syn: K 000659814 ); Brisbane River , A . Cunningham 41 (syn: K 000659815 ) .
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. hispidifolius F.Muell., Fragm. View in CoL 6: 170 (1868) (as ‘ hispidifolia ’). Type citation: ‘haec ad flumen Fitzroy-River nascitur.’
Type: Australia: Queensland: Fitzroy River, Rockhampton , s. dat., A . Thozet 306 (holo: MEL 18723 View Materials !) .
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. genuinus Hochr., Annuaire Cons. Jard. Bot. View in CoL Genève 4: 122 (1900), nom. inval.
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. leefei Hochr., Annuaire Cons. Jard. Bot. View in CoL Genève 4: 122 (1900). Type: Australia: Queensland: scrub near Rockhampton , [ c. 1870], Rev . I.E. Leefe 44 (holo: K 000659877 ) .
Hibiscus amaliae Domin, Biblioth. Bot. View in CoL 22(89): 404 (1928). Type: Australia: Queensland: Rockhampton , A. Deitrich 747 (syn:? K, MEL 1057692 View Materials !) .
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. discolor Domin, Biblioth. Bot. View in CoL 22(89): 405 (1928). Type citation: ‘Port Molle, H.M.S. Alert, V. 1881, comm. COPPINGER; Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown Iter Australiense 1802 –05 No. 5126.’ Type: Australia: Queensland: Shoalwater Bay, s. dat., R. Brown s.n. [ Iter Austral. No. 5126] (lecto, here designated: BM 013824575).
Descriptions and illustrations
Ventenat et al. (1804, p. 103, t. 103); Desfontaines (1804, p. 147); de Lamarck and Poiret (1804, p. 220); Bailey (1899, p. 127); Hochreutiner (1900, p. 121); Domin (1928, pp. 404, 405); Bates (1965 a, pp. 89, 79, fig. 23h); Borssum Waalkes (1966, p. 66); Wilson (1974, p. 168, fig. 13, 170, fig. 14); Wilson and Craven (1995, p. 445); Spencer (1997, p. 379); Cooper and Cooper (2004, pp. 277–278, fig.); McLay (2022).
Typification
Hibiscus persicifolius has often been considered a synonym of S. diversifolius . Wilson (1999, p. 77) suggests that the type of Hibiscus persicifolius may have been cultivated or adventive and that the name may actually apply to S. heterophylla . We agree with this conclusion.
The type of Hibiscus heterophyllus var. hispidifolius had not previously been recognised as the protologue information is rather vague but there is only a single collection at MEL annotated with this variety name and we therefore accept this as the holotype.
The Coppinger collection representing Hibiscus heterophyllus var. discolor from Port Molle ( Long Island, Whitsundays) has not been traced, therefore a sheet at BM with a favourable amount of material, collected by Robert Brown , is here designated as lectotype of the name Hibiscus heterophyllus var. discolor Domin.
Notes
We could not find evidence of a valid description of Hibiscus procerus in Wallich (1831), therefore we consider this to be a nomen nudum. Several specimens appear to be associated with the proposed name but these have no type status: India : 1816, W. Roxburgh s.n. (G 00218926); India : Wallich Cat . 2692 (K 001116821, K 001116822); cultivated from seed from New South Wales [ Australia] (BR 0000013466190; BR 0000013466206). Wilson (1999, p. 77) states that Roxburgh’s illustration [Icones Roxburghianae 1506 (K)] is of the white-flowered form of S. heterophylla from Australia. Roxburgh (1832) does not mention the name but does list Hibiscus heterophyllus as a species from New South Wales, cultivated in the botanic garden (represented by BM 013732147), consistent with Wilson’s interpretation.
We here exclude all the yellow-flowered forms from the concept of S. heterophylla , placing these under S. divaricata instead, but further research on this complex is required.
Distribution
Queensland and New South Wales, Australia .
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University of Copenhagen |
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Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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Museo Entomologico de Leon |
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South African National Biodiversity Institute |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Sabdariffa heterophylla (Vent.) McLay & R.L.Barrett
Barrett, Russell L., Yoshikawa, Vania Nobuko, McLay, Todd G. B., Duarte, Marília Cristina, Mwachala, Geoffrey & Hanes, Margaret M. 2025 |
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. margeriae (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot .
1928: 405 |
Hibiscus amaliae Domin, Biblioth. Bot .
Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 1928: 404 |
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. discolor Domin, Biblioth. Bot .
Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 1928: 405 |
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. genuinus
Hochr. 1900: 122 |
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. leefei
Hochr. 1900: 122 |
Hibiscus heterophyllus var. hispidifolius F.Muell., Fragm .
F. Muell. 1868: 170 |
Hibiscus margeriae A.Cunn. ex Benth., Fl. Austral .
1863: 213 |
Hibiscus persicifolius Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral .
1835: 38 |