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

• 1 are recorded as invalid

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: