Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench [ Hibiscus esculentus L.]
Merian, M.S., metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten (1714)



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Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench


binominal name:
Hibiscus esculentus L.
name recognized:
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
name recognized (basionym):
Hibiscus esculentus L.
cited non-linnean names:
Okkerum
Althea

drawing: M.S. Merian
engraving/lithography: P. Sluyter
family: Malvaceae
epithet: esculentus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=173324
contact about this record homotypic synonyms:
Hibiscus esculentus L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Hibiscus longifolius Willd.;