Abelmoschus esculentus

Taxonavigation

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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

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Abelmoschus Medik., Malvenfam. 45. (1787)

  • Type species: Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. (1787)

Synonyms

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  • 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.

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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).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Bismarck Archipelago. Borneo, Christmas, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand,
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam,
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Queensland, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Line Is., Louisiana, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Peru, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Ukraine, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Hinsley, S.R. 2013. Abelmoschus Notes. Malvaceae Info. Accessed: 2013 Feb 17 [1].
  • 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.
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Vernacular names

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English: Okra
suomi: Okrat
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