Dear Devipriya ji Thanks for citing a combination made in 1879 and followed by Sivarajan in 1996. Perhaps it may interest you to know that KEW Plant List has been published in 2010, and it lists H. schizopetalous as an accepted name and Dyer;s combination as mere synonym. based on WCSP. It is also considered as accepted name by TROPICOS and GRIN (updated December, 2009).
Both H. rosa-sinensis and H. schizopetalous have lot of colour forms, the latter being characterised by laciniate petals clearly seen in above plant. According to me the above plant is a cultivar known as H. schizopetalous 'Pagoda' http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuis_imaging/466992977/ -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Devipriya V <[email protected]>wrote: > > Respected Gurucharanji, > > *Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn.** var. schizopetalus(Dyer) > * Mast. has medium and red single flowers characterized by *dissected*petals, > long pedicels and long projecting staminal columns. > *Stamens 60-90*, monadelphous, *borne on the upper one third* of the > staminal column. > > The plant in the photo is given as *Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn.** cv. El > capitolio Sport* in the website of the International Hibiscus Society. > > > Although there is a long controversy as to the systematic ranking of the > former, i.e. *H. schizopetalus* *vs*. *H. rosa-sinensis* var. * > schizopetalus*, Sivarajan & Pradeep (1996) have retained it as a variety > under the *H. rosa-sinensis* species-complex. > > Sivarajan & Pradeep (1996) have also reported that the variety is also > used in the production of garden hybrids with *Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.* So > I feel that the cultivar *El Capitolio sport* might have originated in > this manner, although this needs to be verified. > > In the IHS website, its parents are mentioned as cv. *El Capitolio* - the > red cultivar of this type double flower with hanging centre, and its father > as cv. *Sport *- its details are not given. Further, the parents of *El > Capitolio *are also ot known. So I feel that the chance of *Hibiscus > rosa-sinensis* var. *rosa-sinensis* or *H. rosa-sinensis* var. * > schizopetalus*, being one of the parents or grand parents might be there. > > with regrads, > > devipriya > > * * > > > > On 5 May 2011 17:18, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Resurfacing again for ID >> >> Earlier feedback >> >> Devipriya ji............................................. This is *Hibiscus >> rosa-sinensis* cv. *El Capitolio Sport....*(International Hibiscus >> society ) >> >> >> Me........................................................I thought this >> should be Hibiscus schizopetalous 'Pagoda' >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: mani nair <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:66260] Hibiscus-MN040411 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Dear friends, >> Sending pictures of Hibiscus growing at our garden. >> >> Place ; Dombivli >> Date : 03.04.11 >> >> Regards, >> >> Mani >> >> >> >> >> > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
