Hibiscus arnottianus (Malvaceae)

Hibiscus arnottianus
(Malvaceae)

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Species description or overview

Hibiscus arnottianus information from Native Plants Hawaii
Information about Hibiscus arnottianus--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

Hibiscus arnottianus information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii"
Information about Hibiscus arnottianus is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."

Hibiscus arnottianus information from NTBG
Information about Hibiscus arnottianus is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Hibiscus arnottianus
Nomenclatural information about Hibiscus arnottianus is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Hibiscus arnottianus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Hibiscus arnottianus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Hibiscus arnottianus
Nomenclatural information about Hibiscus arnottianus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Hibiscus arnottianus (koki'o kea, white Hawaiian hibiscus) propagation and cultivation (UH/CTAHR)
Pamakani propagation by seed, cuttings, air layer, and grafting is reviewed in the Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database from the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

How to plant a native Hawaiian garden
An instructional handbook on planting a native Hawaiian garden was prepared by Office of Environmental Quality Control to guide the establishment of native gardens in schools throughout Hawaii to stimulate the awareness and appreciation of Hawaii's rare and fragile environmental resources (1992).

Images

Hibiscus arnottianus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Hibiscus arnottianus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Hibiscus arnottianus images by Karl Magnacca
Images of Hibiscus arnottianus by Karl Magnacca are available online.

Distribution

Books

Hawaii's ferns and fern allies
Palmer, Daniel D. 2003. Hawaii's ferns and fern allies. Contribuition no. 2002-010 to the Hawaii Biological Survey. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-8248-2522-5.

Full-text articles

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

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