Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Brilliant'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Malvoideae
Tribe:	Hibisceae
Genus:	Hibiscus
Species:	H. rosa-sinensis
Binomial name
	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; L.
Synonyms
	Hibiscus arnottii Griff. ex Mast. ; Hibiscus boryanus DC. ; Hibiscus cooperi auct. ; Hibiscus festalis Salisb. ; Hibiscus liliiflorus Griff. ex Mast. ; Hibiscus rosiflorus Stokes ; Hibiscus storckii Seem. ; Hibiscus tricolor Dehnh. ;

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblack plant, is a species of tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in the tropics and subtropics, but its native range is Vanuatu.

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Example: two crosses of 'King Kalakaua' and 'Mystic Pink'. The photographs demonstrate that the flowers of the offspring plants have almost no color characteristics of the parent plants, and few of the physical characteristics.

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