''Hibiscus'' × ''archeri'', the red hibiscus, is an

artificial hybrid In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Generally, it means that each cell has genetic material from two dif ...

species of flowering plant in the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

. Its parents are '' Hibiscus schizopetalus'' and ''

Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis ''Hibiscus'' × ''rosa-sinensis'', known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblack plant, is a cultigen of tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae. It ...

'' (itself a hybrid). A shrub or small tree, there appear to be a number of cultivars.

References

archeri Hybrid plants Ornamental plants Plants described in 1896 {{Hibisceae-stub