| Hibiscus kaute | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Hibiscus |
| Species: | H. kaute |
| Binomial name | |
| Hibiscus kaute L.A.J.Thomson & Butaud [1] | |
Hibiscus kaute is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, first described as a distinct species in 2022. [1] It was initially recorded in the wild in Tahiti in the 1850s and may also be native to the Marquesas Islands, both part of French Polynesia. [2] It is one of the parent species of the widely cultivated Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis, the other being Hibiscus cooperi . [3]
