Received: 05-12-2022 / Accepted: 18-04-2023
The study aims to evalute for morphological characteristics and genetic diversity of hibiscus. Twenty-four Hibiscus accessions collected in Hanoi and Hung Yen provinces (denoted as DB1 - DB24) were evaluated based on 12 morphological markers and 9 molecular markers (SSR and ISSR). The resutls showed that Hibiscus accessions exhibited significant variation in leaf morphology and flower colors, with 5 flower color groups, i.e white, pink, yellow, orange and red. The red color was predominant with 9 accessions. The genetic diversity analysis using 12 morphological characteristics grouped hibiscus accessions into 5 groups at similarity coefficient of 0.55 similarity, of which DB4 and DB20 were in each separate group. Nine molecular markers SSR and ISSR produced 33 allenswith average of 3.67 allens/markers and all were polymorphic. PIC values ranged from 0.05 to 0.47 in which HB15 marker had the highest PIC value. With the similarity coefficient at 0.64, 24 accessions were divided into 3 distinct clusters.