Native to Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Hawaii (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

September 29, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Hibiscus

Specific Epithet

calyphyllus

Authorship

Cav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#128,277 of 335,497

Top 39%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →