Abstract
This paper provides a description and a distribution map for the diploid (2n=36)H. berberidifolius A. Rich. (of sect.Furcaria), endemic to the mountain ranges associated with the Rift Valley of East Africa. It also compares salient morphological features of this species with those of the allo-octoploid (n=72) H. diversifolius Jacq., to which it has sometimes been subordinated as var.witteanus Hochr.
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Wilson, F.D. The taxonomic status of hibiscus (sect. Furcaria) berberidifolius A. Rich. (Malvaceae). Brittonia 35, 175–179 (1983). https://doi.org/10.2307/2805962
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