taxonID	type	description	language	source
03EA3A01CC22FF9044DB9196FD81BA23.taxon	materials_examined	Lectotype (designated by Craven et al., 2011): AUSTRALIA, New South Wales, between the Gwydir and Namoi, longitude c. 150 ° E, 1832, T. L. Mitchell s. n. (CGE digital image!). Fig. 1	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC22FF9044DB9196FD81BA23.taxon	description	Annual, erect to decumbent, much-branched herbs, to 30 – 60 cm high; stems 0.3 – 0.6 mm in diam., herbaceous, terete, covered with tuberclebased hairs. Leaves alternate, 2.5 – 7.5 × 1.5 – 6.5 cm, stipulate; stipules filiform, 3 – 6 mm long; petioles terete, 0.5 – 4.5 cm, strigose hairy with simple and stellate hairs; basal leaves broadly-ovate, tripartite, round at base, obtuse at apex, margins irregularly crenate to serrulate; middle and distal leaves 3 - palmatisect, lobes extended to the apex of the petiole. Flowers in solitary cymes, axillary, rarely terminal; peduncles 0.5 – 2 cm long, terete, strigose hairy, intermixed with coarse and simple stellate hairs; pedicels 0.5 – 2 cm long, coarsely hairy. Epicalyx c. 2.5 cm in diam., 12 – 14 segmented; segments filiform, 0.8 – 1 cm long, pointed towards apex, strigose hairy throughout with stellate hairs at the center. Calyx c. 2.8 × c. 1.5 cm, 5 - lobed; lobes ovate, acute at apex, 3 – 5 - nerved, densely strigose, stellate tubercle hairs on nerves, simple stellate hairs on the margins. Petals 5, obovate, c. 3 × c. 0.8 cm, pale yellow to yellow, 8 – 9 - nerved with dark purple or maroon spot at base. Stamens many; staminal column c. 1.3 cm long; anthers c. 1 mm long. Ovary globose, 0.2 – 0.3 cm diam., glabrous; style 0.3 – 0.7 cm long, straight, glabrous divided at apex into five segments; stigmas discoid with papillate hairs, 0.2 – 0.3 cm across. Capsules globose, 1.5 – 2.7 cm in diam., slightly depressed at apex, hairy enclosed in a bladder like persistent calyx. Seeds 15 – 30, more or less reniform, 2.3 – 2.6 mm diam., mature ones glandular-papillose, rugose.	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC22FF9044DB9196FD81BA23.taxon	biology_ecology	Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from July to November and fruiting from September to January.	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC22FF9044DB9196FD81BA23.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, Niger, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, South Australia, St. Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Victoria, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Boulos, 2000, 2009; Craven, 2011; POWO, 2023), India (Fig. 3).	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC22FF9044DB9196FD81BA23.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens / images examined: INDIA, Andhra Pradesh, January 1863, Roxburgh s. n. (BR [BR 0000013466749] digital image); Jammu, Srinagar, Barzalla, 27.08.1961, A. K. Dutt 5383 (IIIM); Gulmarg, s. d., A. R. Naqshi 514 (KASH); Kashmir University, s. d., A. R. Naqshi 195 (KASH); Kokernag, s. d., I. M. Nahvi s. n. (KASH); Srinagar, s. d., G. N. Javeid 360 (KASH); Dachigam, s. d., G. Singh 888 (KASH); Ganderbal, s. d., G. H. Dar 3004 (KASH), Shuhama, Ganderbal, s. d., G. H. Dar 2943, 2944 (KASH); Sarich (Ganderbal), s. d., G. H. Dar 1767 - 68 (KASH); Narbal, s. d., A. R. Naqshi & G. N. Dar 8173, 8175 (KASH); South Srinagar, August 1982, P. W. Mackinnon 54765 (CAL). Karnataka, Hassan, Arsikere, 19.12.1968, C. J. Saldanha 11940 (JCB); Mysore, February, s. coll. 1872 (K [K 000659806] digital image); Maharashtra, Nashik, Panchavati, 06.12.2020, N. A. Madhav, J. V. Dalavi & A. V. Mohite JVD- 1701 (SUK); Pune, Junnar, Shiveneri Fort, 15.09.2021, S. R. Yadav JVD- 1702 (SUK); Tamil Nadu, Thiruvanmalai, 29.08.2001, R. Vijayashankar 38435 (FRLH); Telangana, Hyderabad, 20.08.1898. B. Heyene s. n. (K [K 000659807] digital image).	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC20FF9044DB961AFAF0BA7D.taxon	materials_examined	Type: AUSTRALIA, Northern Territory, c. 168 km SW of ‘ Calvert Hills’ on road to ‘ Creswell Downs’, 16.05.1974, R. Pullen 9279 (holo CANB digital image!; iso DNA!). Fig. 2	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC20FF9044DB961AFAF0BA7D.taxon	description	Annual erect to decumbent herbs, 20 – 150 cm high; stems with fine stellate hairs. Leaves 2.5 – 7 × 2 – 5 cm, mid-stem to distal leaves more or less 3 - lobed, lobes not extended to the apex of the petiole or upto extreme base of the leaf, primary lobes scarcely lobed with palmate venation. Flowers in solitary cymes or paired, axillary, pedunculate; peduncles 0.5 – 0.9 cm long, with fine stellate hairs and fine bristles; pedicels 0.5 – 1.5 cm long, indumentum generally similar to that of the peduncle. Epicalyx 2.3 – 2.5 cm across, segments (9 -) 10 (- 11); segments linear, slightly flat, shorter than or equal to the calyx. Calyx 5 - lobed, c. 2.5 cm in diam., distinctly accrescent in fruit, with stellate hairs; lobes triangular, acute or acuminate at the apex, with prominent 3 – 5 nerves. Petals 5, obovate, 2.7 – 5 cm, yellow, fading to white in older flowers, generally with basal pale petal spot. Stamens many; staminal column 0.7 – 1.2 cm long; anthers c. 1 mm long. Ovary globose, 0.2 - 0.4 cm in diam., hairy; style 0.3 – 0.7 cm long, straight, glabrous divided at apex into five segments; stigmas capitate with white hairs, 0.6 – 0.8 mm across. Capsules globose, 1.1 – 1.3 cm long, hairy, enclosed in papery calyx lobes. Seeds 4 – 20, sub-reniform, 2.4 – 2.5 mm long, glabrous, smooth, dark brown to black.	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC20FF9044DB961AFAF0BA7D.taxon	biology_ecology	Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from August to December and fruiting from September to January.	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC20FF9044DB961AFAF0BA7D.taxon	distribution	Distribution: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia; India (Fig. 3).	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
03EA3A01CC20FF9044DB961AFAF0BA7D.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Sangli district, Siddhewadi, N 16 ° 54 ’ 57.9672 ”, E 74 ° 42 ’ 44.2728 ”, 19.10.2020, V. V. Khot & J. V. Dalavi AVM- 131 (SUK); Solapur district, Sangola, Sangola-Jath Road, N 17 ° 21 ’ 58.0356 ”, E 75 ° 11 ’ 37.8456 ”, 21.09.2021, A. V. Mohite, J. V. Dalavi, V. V. Khot & S. R. Yadav AVM- 147 (SUK).	en	V. V., Khot, N. A., Madhav, A. V., Mohite, P., Sutar, J. V., Dalavi, S. S., Kambale, Yadav, S. R. (2023): Notes on the Hibiscus trionum complex in India with a new record of Hibiscus verdcourtii (Malvaceae) in Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.01, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/54baf4e9-bca6-3aa2-8118-47de620e0c68/
