Dear friends Our website already has keys for Indian species of Solanum, Cassia, Senna and Chamaecrista. It is proposed to build a similar key for the genus. The first step towards this is preparing an updated list of Indian species (Both wild as well as cultivated, as several cultivated herbs often run as escape and trees and shrubs are often difficult to place as wild or planted, especially because of plantation drives in the recent years). I am sharing a preliminary list. Kindly suggest additions or corrections.
1. *Abelmoschus crinitus* Wall. (syn: *Hibiscus cancellatus* Roxb. (non L.); *Hibiscus crinitus* (Wall.) G. Don) 2. *Abelmoschus esculentus* (L. Moench. (syn: *Hibiscus esculentus* L.) 3. *Abelmoschus ficulneus* (L.) Wight & Arnott ex Wight (syn: *Hibiscus ficulneus* L.) 4. *Abelmoschus manihot* (L.) Medik (syn:* Hibiscus manihot* L.) 5.* Abelmoschus manihot* subsp. *tetraphyllus* (Roxb.) Borss. Waalkes. (syn: *Hibiscus tetraphyllus* Roxb) 6. *Abelmoschus moschatus* Medic. (syn: *Hibiscus abelmoschus* L.) + var. multiformis , var. betulifolius 7. *Abelmoschus pungens* (Roxb.) Voight. (syn: *Hibiscus pungens *Roxb.) 8. *Hibiscus acetosella* Welw. ex Hiern.(occurrence in India??) 9. *Hibiscus angulosus* Mast., + var. grandiflorus Thw., var. purpureus Thw. 10. *Hibiscus aristivalvis* Garcke (syn: *Hibiscus intermedius* A. Rich.) 11. *Hibiscus caesius* Garcke (syn: *Hibiscus gibsoni* Stocks ex Harv.) 12. *Hibiscus canescens* Heyn 13. *Hibiscus cannabinus* L. 14. *Hibiscus diversifolius* Jacq. 15. *Hibiscus floccosus* Mast 16. *Hibiscus fragrans* Roxb. 17. *Hibiscus hirtus* L. 18. *Hibiscus hispidissimus* (syn: *Hibiscus furcatus* Roxb.; *H. aculeatus*Roxb. (non. Walter, nor G. Don)) 19. *Hibiscus hostilus* Wall. 20. *Hibiscus indicus* (Burm.) Hochr. (syn: *H. venustus* Bl.; *Alcea indica* Burm.) 21. *Hibiscus lobatus* (Murray) O. Kuntze (syn: *Hibiscus solandra* L'Her). 22. *Hibiscus lunariifolius* Willd. 23. *Hibiscus macrophyllus* Roxb. ex Hornem. 24. *Hibiscus micranthus* L. 25. *Hibiscus mutabilis* L. 26. *Hibiscus obtusilobus* Garcke (syn: *Hibiscus punctatus* Dalzell) 27. *Hibiscus panduraeformis* Burm.f 28. *Hibiscus platanifolius* (Willd.) Sweet (syn: *Hibiscus collinus* Roxb.) 29. *Hibiscus pedunculatus *L.f. 30. *Hibiscus procerus* Wall. 31. *Hibiscus purpureus* Forssk. 32. *Hibiscus radiatus* Cav. (syn: *H. radiatus* Willd. ex Roxb.; *H. lindleyi *Wall.) 33. *Hibiscus rosa-sinensis* L. 34. *Hibiscus rugosus* Mast. 35. *Hibiscus sabdariffa* L. 36. *Hibiscus scandens* Roxb 37. *Hibiscus schizopetalus* (Dyer) Hook.f. 38. *Hibiscus scindicus* Stocks (Occurrence in India)?? 39 *Hibiscus surattensis* L. 40. *Hibiscus syriacus* L. 41. *Hibiscus tiliaceus* L. subsp. *tiliaceous* 42. *Hibiscus tiliaceus* L. subsp. *hastatus* (L.f.) Borss. Waalk. 43. *Hibiscus tricuspis* Banks 44. *Hibiscus trionum* L. 45. *Hibiscus vitifolius* L. (syn: *Fioria vitifolia* (L.) Matt.; * Kosteletzkya* *vitifolia* (L.) M.R.Almeida & N.Patil<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2334897> ) -- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ --
