Hibiscus pernambucensis Arruda

MALVACEAE	3795
Hibiscus pernambucensis Arruda
Det. : P. Fryxell# 1983
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
FLORA DE NICARAGUA
Missouri Botanical Garden
in cooperation with Universidad Centroamericana
No> 3795	.	u Sept# 1977
Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
Departmento de RIVAS: along road SE from San
Juan del Sur, 3-4 km NW of R^o La Flor, Playa El
Coco, Quebrada El Coco, and small peak S of
quebrada; ca. 11°09’N, 85°47’W, elev. 0-95 m;
beach, dense low forest behind beach, open man-
grove along quebrada, pasture at base of peak
and deciduous forest on slopes.
Common in mangrove, low spreading trees, corolla
bright yellow, leaves whitened below
Collected by:
Warren Douglas Stevens, B. A. Krukoff Curator of Central American Botany
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