Malvaceae

Abelmoschus Medik.

First published in Malvenfam.: 45 (1787), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is E. Tropical Africa to Madagascar, S. China, Tropical Asia to N. Queensland.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, 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., Maryland, 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 Russia, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Ukraine, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Malv.-Fam.: 45 (1787).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Blumea 1 14: 89–105 (1966)
  • Malven-Fam.: 45 (1787)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 David, B., et al. [CL 818] Cambodia K001045547 No
Jun 1, 2008 Sands, M. [2821] Papua New Guinea K000224947 No
Thaw, M. [94] Burma K000659941 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114712 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1915] Burma Bamia K001114716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1919] Burma Bamia K001114729 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1927] Bamia K001114740 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1924] Nepal Bamia K001114737 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1915] Burma Bamia K001114718 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1923] India Bamia K001114736 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1920] India Bamia K001114732 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114721 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114719 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114713 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114714 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] India Bamia K001114724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1919] Burma Bamia K001114727 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1921] India Bamia K001114733 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1919] Bamia K001114728 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Bamia K001114720 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1920] Nepal Bamia K001114730 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] Vietnam Bamia K001114722 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1926] Bamia K001114739 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1916] Bamia K001114725 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1924] Bamia K001114738 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1921] India Bamia K001114734 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1915] India Bamia K001114723 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1920] Nepal Bamia K001114731 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1923] Bamia K001114735 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1917] Burma Bamia K001114726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1915] Burma Bamia K001114717 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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