Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hibiscus acetosella
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Hibiscus
Species
acetosella
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Burundi to S. Tropical Africa (POWO, 2023).
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
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This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Hibiscus acetosella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25044. Accessed 5 November 2026.