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Malvaceae
Abelmoschus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Abelmoschus Medikus. Common name: Okra, Gumbo.

A genus of about 15 species, herbs, of the Old World tropics. Perhaps better included in a broadly circumscribed Hibiscus (Pfeil & Crisp 2005), but Hanes et al. (2024) and Barrett, Hanes, & McLay (2023) preferred retention of Abelmoschus (and other Hibiscus relatives) at genus rank.

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Subfamily: Malvoideae. Tribe: Hibisceae.

References: Barrett, Hanes, & McLay (2023); Bates (2015a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015); Bayer & Kubitzki (2003) In Kubitzki & Bayer (2003); Hanes et al. (2024). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Abelmoschus© Keith Bradley | Abelmoschus esculentus | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Abelmoschus© J.W. Hardin | Abelmoschus esculentus

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