Abelmoschus

Abelmoschus esculentus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Abelmoschus
Species: A. angulosus – A. crinitus – A. enbeepeegearense – A. esculentus – A. ficulneus – A. manihot – A. moschatus – A. muliensis – A. sagittifolius – A. tuberculatus
Nothospecies: A. × caillei

Name

Abelmoschus Medik., Malvenfam. 45. (1787)

• Type species: Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. (1787)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hibiscus sect. Abelmoschus (Medik.) DC., Prodr. 1: 449. 1824.
  • Hibiscus sect. Abelmoschus (Medik.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(1).: 208. 1862, nom. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Bamia R.Br. ex Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 39. 1830, nom. inval.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Bamia R.Br., Bot. Mag. 41: sub t. 1702. 1815, nom. inval.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Hymenocalyx Zenker, Pl. Ind. 8. t. 10. 1835.
    • Type species: H. variabilis Zenker

Note:

The genus is nested within Hibiscus and cannot be maintained unless Hibiscus is split into several genera (Pfeil & al. 2002). However, this is not accepted and most authorities maintain its segregation pending further work - see Hassler (2018).

References

• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Ueber Einige Künstliche Geschlecter aus der Malven-Familie 45.
• Hinsley, S.R. 2013. Abelmoschus Notes. Malvaceae Info. Accessed: 2013 Feb 17 [1].
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Abelmoschus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Abelmoschus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Abelmoschus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 20 2018.
• Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998 onwards) IPK Gatersleben. Accessed: 2012 Feb 19.
• Pfeil, B.E., Brubaker, C.L., Craven, L.A., Crisp, M.D. 2002. Phylogeny of Hibiscus and the Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) Using Chloroplast DNA Sequences of ndhF and the rpl16 Intron. Systematic Botany 27 (2): 333–350.

Vernacular names

English: Okra
suomi: Okrat

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