Cephalohibiscus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|status = NT

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = Jimbo, T. 2022. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198577919/202837094 Cephalohibiscus peekelii]. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T198577919A202837094. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198577919A202837094.en. Accessed 18 January 2024.

|genus = Cephalohibiscus

|parent_authority = Ulbr. (1935)

|species = peekelii

|authority = Ulbr. (1935)

|synonyms = Thespesia peekelii {{small|(Ulbr.) Borss.Waalk. (1966)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:559298-1 Cephalohibiscus peekelii Ulbr.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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Cephalohibiscus peekelii is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is a tree native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.

It is the sole species in genus Cephalohibiscus.{{cite web |title=Cephalohibiscus Ulbr. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25837-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=21 March 2021 |language=en}} It grows in lowland rain forests from sea level to 600 meters elevation.

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