Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji. Hope something useful comes out of these discussions. Due to confusion in Regional Floras & BSI Flora of India, it is sure that there is a long standing confusion between the two. Finally I think we have to rely on Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XhVI5BluzCUC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=Hibiscus+hirtus+%2B+monograph+of+indian&source=bl&ots=aHVIaPCQmk&sig=IVANi2I0HBHe8ccDDALptE_0zw8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivzYjXgsbaAhUILI8KHTpfCWoQ6AEISDAJ> (I think published after BSI Flora of India). >From perusing this, you will agree with id of Hibiscus micranthus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/hibiscus/hibiscus-micranthus> (which also has tri-lobed leaves and plant is pubescent and leaf size larger than 4 cm) Based on this, colour of the flower only decides the species among these two, as per the keys.
On 19 April 2018 at 14:26, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I firmly believe it is Hibiscus hirtus only; be cause we have > observed the fresh specimen; some leaves are tri lobed; (H.micranthus never > bear tri-lobed leaves,)epicalyx are longer than calyx; the entire plant is > softly pubescent, the leaf size is larger than 3cm, (As per Flora of > A.P.by Pullaiah, FPM by Gamble) > thank you > regards > A.Lalithamba > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Lalithamba ji, >> Do you still have doubts of this being Hibiscus micranthus >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/hibiscus/hibiscus-micranthus> >> on >> account of filiform epicalyx and calyx divided upto the middle as per keys >> in BSI Flora of India >> <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=5684&type=11> >> ? >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >> Date: 30 March 2018 at 13:03 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:291433] Submission of Hibiscus hirtus >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all >> I have observed Hibiscus hirtus placed in efi is Hibiscus micranthus >> (Ref. eflora karnataka; again the description given does not match; It is a >> rather rare plant; leaves trilobate; hence I am adding description with >> images captured in wild at Velugonda hills of Eastern ghats >> Hibiscus hirtus L., Sp. Pl. 694. 1753. >> Ver.names: Lesser mallow orange (Eng.) Nityamalli నిత్యమల్లె (Tel.) >> Family: Malvaceae >> Description: >> Herbs, perennial, up to 2 m tall; stems much branched, >> appressed-stellate-setulose. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.5-4cm long; lamina >> ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 × 2-3 cm, shallowly 3 lobed, sparsely to fairly >> densely stellate-hispid on both surfaces, apex acute, margin serrate, base >> obtuse. Flowers 1-2cm in diam., white; peduncle articulated just below the >> calyx. Epicalyx lobes 6-7, 5-10 mm long, filiform, stiff. Calyx >> stellate-setulose; lobes up to 8-9 × 1•5 mm., linear-lanceolate. Corolla >> 1.5-2cm across, ovate, white. Staminal column shorter than petals. Ovary >> globose; style divided above the stamina column, stigmas 5, capitate. >> Capsule 9 mm in diam., subglobose, minutely pubescent. 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