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Hibiscus syriacus
(shrubby althaea)

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Hibiscus syriacus (shrubby althaea)

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Last modified
21 November 2019

Datasheet Type(s)
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Hibiscus syriacus

Preferred Common Name
shrubby althaea

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae

Uses List
Agroforestry
Ornamental
Traditional/folklore

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

Hibiscus syriacus L.

Preferred Common Name

shrubby althaea

International Common Names

English: rose of sharon
French: ketmie de Syrie; mauve en arbre

Local Common Names

Germany: Eibisch, Rosen-; Eibisch, Strauch-; Eibisch, Syrischer
Italy: ibisco arborero; ketmia
Netherlands: althaea boompje

EPPO code

HIBSY (Hibiscus syriacus)

Taxonomic Tree

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Hibiscus
Species: Hibiscus syriacus

List of Pests

Minor host of:

Anthonomus grandis (Mexican cotton boll weevil); Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid); Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (dictyospermum scale); Corynespora cassiicola (target leaf spot of tomato); Hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus; Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth); Phenacoccus madeirensis (Madeira mealybug); Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale); Podosphaera xanthii (powdery mildew of cucurbits); Pratylenchus penetrans (nematode, northern root lesion); Selenaspidus articulatus (West Indian red scale); Theretra clotho

Associated with (not a host):

Olpidium brassicae (Olpidium seedling blight)

Host of (source - data mining):

Aleurodicus dispersus (whitefly); Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly); Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) (silverleaf whitefly); Dysdercus koenigii; Eggplant mottled dwarf virus (tomato vein yellowing virus); Kerria lacca (lac insect); Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug); Metcalfa pruinosa (frosted moth-bug); Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (cotton, seed bug); Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm); Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle); Scirtothrips dorsalis (chilli thrips); Tetranychus kanzawai (kanzawa spider mite); Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce's disease of grapevines)

Uses List

Environmental

Agroforestry

General

Ornamental

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

Traditional/folklore

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