- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
Abelmoschus Medik.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or undershrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves palmately lobed or divided; stipules filiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary, axillary or in terminal racemes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Epicalyx
- Epicalyx of 4 to many bracts, usually soon falling
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-toothed at the apex, splitting on one side during the expansion of the corolla, circumscissile at the base, adnate to the corolla and falling with it
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 5-celled; ovules many; style indistinctly 5-branched
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit an elongate loculicidal capsule.
- Distribution
- About thirteen species in tropical Asia, one of which extends to tropical Africa.
[FZ]
Malvaceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves palmately lobed or divided (rarely almost entire).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary, axillary or in terminal racemes by reduction of the upper leaves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Epicalyx
- Epicalyx of 6–numerous filiform or linear bracteoles or much reduced and very caducous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx thin, splitting laterally, circumscissile, slightly joined to the base of the corolla and deciduous with it.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal tube as in Hibiscus.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-locular, loculi pluriovulate; style not manifestly branched, with 5 sessile or subsessile capitate stigmas.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule elongated, oblong or ellipsoid.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds with minute stellate hairs and sometimes also pilose.
[FTEA]
Malvaceae, Bernard Verdcourt & Geoffrey Mwachala. Pavonia, B Verdcourt; Kosteletzkya, OJ Blanchard Jr.; Gossypium, P Fryxell & B Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually palmately 3–5-lobed; stipules subulate or linear, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary or in terminal pseudoracemes due to reduction of the leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Epicalyx
- Epicalyx lobes 4–16, free or basally connate, persistent or deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx adnate to corolla, spathaceous, irregularly splitting into 2–5 lobes or teeth during anthesis, circumscissile at base, falling together with the corolla
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white, pinkish or yellow with purple centre
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal column with anthers all over
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary pubescent, 5-locular, each locule with many ovules
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule oblong-ellipsoid or fusiform-cylindrical, loculicidally dehiscent, remaining attached to receptacle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds reniform, glabrous or hairy.
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 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
- Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
- Abelmoschus × caillei (A.Chev.) Stevels
- Abelmoschus crinitus Wall.
- Abelmoschus enbeepeegearensis K.J.John, Scariah, Nissar, K.V.Bhat & S.R.Yadav
- Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
- Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn.
- Abelmoschus hostilis (Wall. ex Mast.) M.S.Khan & M.S.Hussain
- Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
- Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
- Abelmoschus muliensis K.M.Feng
- Abelmoschus palianus Sutar, K.V.Bhat & S.R.Yadav
- Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr.
Abelmoschus Medik. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Malvenfam.: 45 (1787)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
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)
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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