Sabdariffa brackenridgei formerly Hibiscus brackenridgei Malvaceae or Mallow family There are currently three subspecies that we described below ...

... (See Hibiscus brackenridgei for an explanation regarding its Hawaiian name.) Somewhat oddly, Hibiscus arnottianus also has the Hawaiian name ...

... the Hawaiʻi State Legislature resolved the issue by declaring our native yellow hibiscus or maʻo hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei) as the official ...

... in the genera Abutilon, Gossypium, Hibiscadelphus, Hibiscus, Kokia, Sabdariffa ... sister species, the endangered Sabdariffa brackenridgei, Hawai'i's ...

... The native yellow hibiscus maʻo hau hele (Sabdariffa brackenridgei; Hawaiʻi's State Flower), ko'oloa 'ula (Abutilon menziesii), and nānū ...