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Accession Data:

Wercklea ferox (Hook. f.) Fryxell

  • Common Name: Spiny Hibiscus, Prickly Umbrella
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Costa Rica

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600027
  • Source: Logees
  • Accession Date: 02-23-2016
  • Bench: 1311 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-02-2021

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Malvoideae
  • Tribe: Hibisceae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Costa Rica / Panama / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  2. Wercklea ferox at Logees. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  3. Wercklea ferox at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 21 May 2021 10:32:52 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
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