Listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of threatened species, Hibiscus scottii is endemic to the island of Soqotra. The Soqotran Archipelago is a group of islands in the Arabian Sea belonging to Yemen. Hibiscus scottii is a rare species found in a limited area, restricted to the dense semi-deciduous woodlands and granitic slopes of the Haggeher mountains of Soqotra.
Hibiscus scottii can be distinguished by its beautiful vivid yellow flowers, dark stigma pads and a split calyx. This species was named in honor of Robert Scott (1757-1808), an Irish botanist, physician, plant collector, and professor at Dublin's Trinity College.
Historical Reference: A new Hibiscus (Hibiscus Scottii, figured in the January number of the Botanical Magasine, t. 7816) was in bloom in a house containing Rhododendrons, etc. It is a Socotran plant, with rich yellow flowers, bearing dark- coloured markings at the base; but the flowers were almost closed at the time—the plant was 8 feet high.
The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Published by Gardeners Chronicle, 1902
