This native shrub is commonly known as Merauke hibiscus.
Hibiscus meraukensis is described as a "dicot" in the Malvaceae family.
Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region. In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Proposed name Sabdariffa meraukensis (Barrett RL et al. (2025) Reinstatement of Sabdariffa and new combinations to support a monophyletic concept of Hibiscus (Malvaceae: Hibisceae). Australian Systematic Botany 38, SB24013. doi:10.1071/SB24013 ). Disjunct coastal southern limit near Mt Woowoonga just outside Fraser Coast region. Observed at Boompa https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109718605.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Boompa.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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