Citation: Alefeld, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 13:12 (1863).

Derivation: Greek alytos, not to be loosed; gyne, a woman; alluding to the undivided style.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Native hibiscuses.

Description:
Perennial woody shrubs with few to many stellate hairs; leaves alternate, entire or lobed, subterete to orbicular.

Flowers bisexual, pedunculate in leaf axils, showy; epicalyx of 4-10 linear or subulate segments usually united towards the base; calyx divided for at least half its length into 5 lanceolate lobes; petals 5, pinkish or reddish to purple or rarely white; anthers numerous; carpels 5, in a single whorl; stigmas 5, capitate, terminating the unbranched style; ovules many.

Fruit a loculicidal capsule dehiscing by 5 valves, globose to acuminate, with numerous woolly to subglabrous seeds.

Distribution:  4 species endemic to Australia.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Leaves or leaf lobes linear or subterete	A. hakeifolia 1.
1. Leaves flat, ovate or orbicular in outline
2. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves; leaves usually dividedfor more than half their width	A. huegelii 2.
2. Peduncles usually much shorter than the leaves; leaves usuallydivided for less than half their width	A. pinoniana 3.

Author: Prepared mainly by J. Overton