Abelmoschus esculentus

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: Abelmoschus esculentus

Name

Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, Methodus (Moench) 617. (1794)

• Lectotype specimen: Without data (lectotype: LINN 875.31), vide Borssum Waalkes (1966)
  

Note: Assumed to be a long standing cultigen (Govaerts et al. 2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hibiscus esculentus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 696. 1753.
• Heterotypic
  • Abelmoschus bammia Webb, Frag. Fl. Aethiop., 48. 1854.
  • Abelmoschus esculentus var. praecox (Forssk.) A.Chev.
  • Abelmoschus esculentus var. textilis A.Chev.
  • Abelmoschus longifolius (Willd.) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1859 (1936)
  • Abelmoschus tuberculatus Pal & Har B.Singh in Bot. Gaz. 113: 458 (1952)
  • Abelmoschus tuberculatus var. deltoidefolius T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 215 (1982 publ. 1983)
  • Abelmoschus longifolius (Willd.) Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1859. 1936.
  • Abelmoschus officinalis (DC.) Endl., Cat. Horti Vindob. 2: 253. 1842.
  • Abelmoschus praecox (Forssk.) Sickenb., Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 192. 1901 [1].
  • Abelmoschus praecox var. hispidus (Forssk.) Sickenb., Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 192. 1901 [2].
  • Abelmoschus praecox var. pubescens (Forssk.) Sickenb., Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 192. 1901 [3].
  • Hibiscus ficifolius Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 15. 1768.
  • Hibiscus hispidissimus A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appliq 20: 326. 1940, nom. illeg. non Griff. (1854).
  • Hibiscus longifolius Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3(1): 827. 1800.
  • Hibiscus longifolius Roxb., Hort. Beng. 53. 1814, Fl. Ind. 3: 210. 1832, nom. illeg. non Willd. (1800).
  • Hibiscus praecox Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab., 125. 1775.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Bangladesh, India Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar Introduced into: Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Benin, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Illinois, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page. : 617.

Additional references

• Borssum Waalkes, J.van 1966. Blumea 14: 100.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Abelmoschus esculentus 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Abelmoschus esculentus. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abelmoschus esculentus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

ak: Nkruma
беларуская: Бамія
Deutsch: Okra
eʋegbe: Fetri
English: Okra, Lady Fingers
español: Gombo
suomi: Okra
français: Gombo
עברית: במיה
հայերեն: Բամիա
italiano: Gombo
日本語: オクラ
한국어: 오크라
Bahasa Melayu: bendi
português: Quiabo
русский: Бамия
slovenščina: Jedilni oslez
svenska: Okra
தமிழ்: வெண்டை,வெண்டி
ไทย: กระเจี๊ยบ, กระเจี๊ยบเขียว
Türkçe: Bamya
ייִדיש: באַמיע
中文: 秋葵

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