Sabdariffa diversifolia(Jacq.) McLay & R.L.Barrett

WFO wfo-1000082909 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. a Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-03 / obs. 181445223
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174087536
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. c Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 147507486
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. d Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 147507310
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. e Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126904432
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by nick_goldwater
fig. f nick_goldwater, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25335477
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Di Turner
fig. g Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 11839835
Sabdariffa diversifolia, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. h Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 6000395

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Sabdariffa diversifolia is native: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia AngolaBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCaprivi StripChadCongoDR CongoEgyptEthiopiaGabonGuineaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNigerRwandaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambia
Native distribution of Sabdariffa diversifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Guinea GUI
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Furcaria diversifolia (Jacq.) Ulbr.
  • Hibiscus beckleri F.Muell.
  • Hibiscus biflorus A.Spreng.
  • Hibiscus decaisneanus Schimp. ex Hochr.
  • Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
  • Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. diversifolius
  • Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. genuinus Hochr.
  • Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell
  • Hibiscus diversifolius var. diversifolius
  • Hibiscus macularis Harv.
  • Hibiscus paludosus Merr.
  • Hibiscus rivularis Bremek. & Oberm.
  • Hibiscus scaber Lam.
  • Hibiscus spinulosus C.Huber

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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