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hibiscus is a type of:

• mallow (noun) - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

types of hibiscus:

• China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, shoe black, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (noun) - large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
• Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, majagua, mahagua, Hibiscus elatus (noun) - erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers
• cotton rose, Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis (noun) - Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night
• flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum (noun) - annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers
• kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus (noun) - valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

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• mahoe, majagua, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus (noun) - shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores
• rose mallow, swamp mallow, common rose mallow, swamp rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos (noun) - showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
• rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus (noun) - Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves
• roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa (noun) - East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber
• sorrel tree, Hibiscus heterophyllus (noun) - Australian tree with acid foliage

hibiscus is a member of:

• genus Hibiscus (noun) - large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors