Genus Abelmoschus Medik.

Possible synonym of Hibiscus L.


Summary
Genus number:
12
Last updated:
24 August 2010
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Accession count:

3289 (3003  active, 2143  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Fryxell, P. A. 1997. The American genera of Malvaceae--II. Brittonia 49:215. Note: accepts
  2. Li, J. et al. 2020. Complete chloroplast genomes of three important species, Abelmoschus moschatus, A. manihot and A. sagittifolius: Genome structures, mutational hotspots, comparative and phylogenetic analysis in Malvaceae. PLoS One 15(11): e0242591. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242591. Note: resolved in its own clade within Hibiscus
  3. Pfeil, B. E. & M. D. Crisp. 2005. What to do with Hibiscus? A proposed nomenclatural resolution for a large and well known genus of Malvaceae and comments on paraphyly. Austral. Syst. Bot. 18:49-60. Note: = Hibiscus L.
  4. Werner, O. et al. 2016. Molecular systematics of Abelmoschus (Malvaceae) and genetic diversity within the cultivated species of this genus based on nuclear ITS and chloroplast rpL16 sequence data. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 63:429-445. Note: this study found support for a monophyletic Abelmoschus
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=12. Accessed 10 May 2026.