- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456694-2
- Publication
- Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Fort Worth, Texas
- Collation
- 5(1): 41 (-44; figs. 1-2)
- Date of Publication
- 5 Aug 2011
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Malvaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- W. Weckesser 645
- Locality
- Terlingua, 2 mi W of Terlingua Ghost town on FM 170 at Long Draw, disturbed gravelly limestone soil, roadside, in association with H. coulteri, H. denudatus, elev. 3005 ft
- Collection Date
- 28 Oct 2005
- Type Herbaria
- holotype SRSC
isotype SRSC - Latitude
- 29° 19' N
- Longitude
- 103° 38' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Brewster County (Texas, South-Central U.S.A., Northern America)
Remarks
Etymology: Hibiscus ×sabei is named for Ken “Sabe” Smith, a keen observer of the wildflowers of Big Bend, who brought this unusual desert mallow to the author’s attention.