Abelmoschus angulosus

Life-forms

Life-forms

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 angulosus
Name

Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. (1834)
Synonyms

Homotypic
Bamia angulosa Wall., Numer. List n. 1927. 1829, nom. inval.
Hibiscus angulosus (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 758, nom. inval.
Hibiscus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Steud. ex Mast. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 341. 1840.

Heterotypic
Hibiscus molochinus Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. 6, Suppl., 29. 1931.
Hibiscus primulinus Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. 6, Suppl., 29. 1931.
Hibiscus setinervis Dunn, Kew Bull. 324. 1914.
Hymenocalyx variabilis Zenker, Pl. Ind. 9. t. 10. 1835.

References

Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998 onwards) IPK Gatersleben. Accessed: 2012 Feb 19.
Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 53.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abelmoschus angulosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Abelmoschus angulosus is a plant species in the family Malvaceae, found in the Indian Subcontinent, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia.[1] It grows in temperate and wet regions between 750–2000 m, and is the only wild species of the genus Abelmoschus with a notable tolerance to low temperatures and light frost.[2][3]
References

"Abelmoschus angulosus". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved May 15, 2012.
Singh, Ram J. (2006). Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement. CRC Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780849396465.

Peter, K.V. (2007). Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops: , Volume 2. India: New India Publishing. p. 211. ISBN 9788189422691.

Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 53. 1834