ISHS Acta Horticulturae 182: I International Symposium on Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants
PERTURBATION INDUCED WITHIN THE GENUS ABELMOSCHUS BY THE DISCOVERY OF A SECOND EDIBLE OKRA SPECIES IN WEST AFRICA |
| Authors: | S. Hamon, A. Yapo |
| Abstract:
The discovery of a second edible okra taxon in West Africa, which according to the taxonomic key, may be classified in the species Abelmoschus manihot, increases the previous problems encountered at this species level. Collection data permit to well define the geographical distribution of this new taxon in West Africa, even if it perhaps has a larger area than presently known. Hybridizations involving this undescribed species and several others, including the two subspecies of A. manihot (spp. manihot and spp. tetraphyllus) lead to propose crossing "compartments". Isoenzyme patterns of the obtained hybrids confronted with other data indicate that the origin of the new species as hypothesized by Siemonsma (1982) is difficult to agree on. | |
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