The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Abelmoschus

The genus Abelmoschus is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Abelmoschus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus crinitus Wall. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus hostilis (Wall. ex Mast.) M.S.Khan & M.S.Hussain Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus magnificus Wall. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus muliensis K.M.Feng Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 87 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Abelmoschus. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Abelmoschus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 87 species names for the genus Abelmoschus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 10 11.5%
Synonym 65 74.7%
Unplaced 2 2.3%
Unassessed 10 11.5%

All names

The status of the 105 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Abelmoschus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 15 14.3%
Synonym 78 74.3%
Unplaced 2 1.9%
Unassessed 10 9.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 87 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Abelmoschus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 7 31 0 0 38 43.7%
Low confidence 3 34 2 10 49 56.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Abelmoschus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.1%
WCSP (in review) 10 65 2 9 0 86 98.9%