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Issue: Vol. 607 No. 5: 14 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.607.5.3
Page range: 291-300
Abstract views: 1163
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Abelmoschus odishae (Malvoideae: Malvaceae): a new wild okra from tropical Eastern India

ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources; Exploration Base Centre; NRRI Campus; Cuttack – 753006; Odisha; India
Eudicots Abelmoschus palianus moist deciduous Odisha

Abstract

Abelmoschus odishae (Malvoideae: Malvaceae), a new species, from a moist deciduous forest in Keonjhar district of Odisha in Eastern India, is described and illustrated. It shares morphological similarities with A. palianus, however, differs in characters exhibiting perennial large shrub; densely hispid prickly stem with long retrorse hairs; spinescent pedicel; 8 (7–9) segmented, lanceolate epicalyx; widely campanulate corolla; ovoid to oblong, bristly capsules; sub-reniform seeds with stout porrect trichomes. A field identification key for Indian Abelmoschus is also provided for ease of identification.

 

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