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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Abelmoschus esculentus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Abelmoschus esculentus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hibiscus esculentus
COMMON NAME:
Okra, Gumbo
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Keith Bradley kab_a_esculentus_4199
August Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_a_esculentus_4200
August Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_a_esculentus_4201
August Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm101003_115
October Greenville County SC
Beechwood Farms
Perhaps better included in a broadly circumscribed Hibiscus, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm101003_119
October Greenville County SC
Beechwood Farms
Leaf blade palmately 3-7 lobed, sparsely hirsute on both surfaces, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm101003_122
October Greenville County SC
Beechwood Farms
Corolla yellow or white with dark purple center, per Flora of China.