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Details for: PI 500001,
Hibiscus syriacus
L., 'Aphrodite'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hibiscus syriacus
L.
Cultivar:
'Aphrodite'
Origin:
Donated – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1985
PI Assigned:
1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Inventory Volume:
193
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hibiscus syriacus
L.
Cultivar:
'Aphrodite'
Origin:
Donated – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1985
PI Assigned:
1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Donated
October 1985.
District of Columbia, United States
Donor(s):
Egolf, Donald R., U.S. National Arboretum
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Aphrodite'
Type: Cultivar name
NA 54983
Type: Inventory
Narrative
Plant 2.9m high and 2.4m wide in 14 years, compact growth habit. Leaves dark green. Flowers firm-textured, slightly cupped, medium-rose with dark red purple eye spot.
Hibiscus syriacus
L.
Genus:
Hibiscus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:
19094
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:695. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/23/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
rose-of-Sharon
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
shrub-althaea
1
Bates, D. M.
1965. Notes on the cultivated Malvaceae. 1.
Hibiscus
. Baileya 13:105-111.
English
Syrian hibiscus
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
Syrian ketmia
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
French
hibiscus de Syrie
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German
echter Roseneibisch
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Japanese Rōmaji
hachisu
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Japanese Rōmaji
mukuge
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese (Brazil)
altéia-arbustiva
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
hibisco-colunar
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
hibisco-da-Síria
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
rosa-de-sharão
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Swedish
frilandshibiskus
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean
mugunghwa
2
Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Name Has Been Verified:
17 May 2002, from
Hibiscus syriacus
L. to
Triticum aestivum
L.
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