Abelmoschus Medikus 1787
Creators: name: Misra, R. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malvales
Malvaceae
Abelmoschus

description: Key to the species of Abelmoschus
1. Epicalyx segments broadly ovate to deltoid, segments connate at base, enclosing flower buds .................................... A. angulosus
1. Epicalyx segments linear, lanceolate, ovate or narrowly ovate, free, not enclosing flower buds ......................................................2
2. Flowers yellow ...................................................................................................................................................................................3
2. Flowers white, turning pink afterwards............................................................................................................................. A. ficulneus
3. Epicalyx lanceolate, ovate to narrowly ovate.....................................................................................................................................4
3. Epicalyx linear....................................................................................................................................................................................5
4. Epicalyx persistent in fruit..................................................................................................................................................................6
4. Epicalyx caducous in fruit ..................................................................................................................................................................7
5. Capsule globose to bluntly ovoid, without rostrum, epicalyx longer than half of the length of capsule ............................ A. crinitus
5. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid to oblong, beaked, with distinct rostrum, epicalyx smaller than half of length of capsule ....................8
6. Annual, sub-shrub up to 3 m height, stem sparsely hairy; hairs antrorse, 1 mm long; epicalyx 5–7, ovate to narrowly ovate, up to 2 cm long; corolla convolute; capsule broadly ovoid, 3–4 cm long; seed trichomes spiral, long, slender ........................ A.palianus
6. Perennial, large shrub up to 5 m height, stem hispid with stiff prickly bristles; hairs retrorse, 4–5 mm long; epicalyx 8 (7–9), lanceolate, 3–4 cm long; corolla widely campanulate; capsule ovoid-oblong, 6.0– 7.5 cm long, seed trichomes straight, short, stout ..................................................................................................................................................................................... A. odishae
7. Plant glabrous, epicalyx 7–9, capsule tomentulose, dehiscence lateral, rostrum ca. 1–2 cm long; seed glabrous, warty .... A. caillei
7. Plant scabrous, epicalyx 4–6, capsule hirsute, dehiscence apical, rostrum ca. 0.5 cm long; seed pilose, hairy ................ A. manihot
8. Capsule tuberculate ..................................................................................................................................................... A. tuberculatus
- Leaves deltoideform, 3–5 lobed; lobes not pinnatisect, without lobules; seeds 3 mm in diam., pubescent, hair length <300 µm .... ................................................................................................................................................................................. var. deltoidefolius
- Leaves palmilobed to palmatisect; lobes pinnatisect with lobules; seeds> 3 mm in diam., villous, hair length> 400 µm................ ................................................................................................................................................................................... var. tuberculatus
8. Capsule tomentulose, villous or soft strigulose..................................................................................................................................9
9. Tap root tuberous, fruit villous hairy, dehisce apically, epicalyx persistent.....................................................................................10
9. Tap root not tuberous, fruit tomentulose or soft strigulose, dehisce laterally, epicalyx caducous ...................................................11
10. Epicalyx segments less than 9 ...................................................................................................................................... A. sagittifolius
10. Epicalyx segments 11–13 ................................................................................................................................... A. enbeepeegearense
11. Capsule long, fusiform, 10–20 cm long, acuminate, tomentellus; rostrum long, 3–5 cm; seed subglobose, grayish, odourless ........ ......................................................................................................................................................................................... A. esculentus
11. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 5–8 cm long, acute, soft strigulose; rostrum short, ca. 1cm; seed reniform, compressed, brown, muskscented ............................................................................................................................................................................ A. moschatus
description: Published as part of Misra, R. C., 2023, Abelmoschus odishae (Malvoideae: Malvaceae): a new wild okra from tropical Eastern India, pp. 291-300 in Phytotaxa 607 (5) on pages 292-293, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.607.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8248832