genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the mallow family,
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
. It is distributed throughout the
tropics
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and
subtropics
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''Abutilon''. Flora of China. of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. General common names include Indian mallow''Abutilon''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). and velvetleaf; ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple.
The genus name is an 18th-century
Neo-Latin
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word that came from the Arabic ' (), the name given by
Avicenna
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to this or a similar genus.
The
type species
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is ''
Abutilon theophrasti
''Abutilon theophrasti,'' also known as velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed and the Chinese jute is an annual plant in the Family (biology), family Malvaceae that is native to South Asia, southern Asia and it serves as a type species of the genu ...
''. Several species formerly placed in ''Abutilon'', including the cultivated species and hybrids commonly known as "flowering maples", have recently (2012, 2014) been transferred to the new genus ''
Callianthe
''Callianthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Malveae. It is distributed throughout the Neotropics.
Species
50 species are accepted.
* ''Callianthe amoena''
* '' Callianthe andrade-limae''
* '' Callianthe bedfordiana''
* '' Cal ...
''.
Description
Plants of this genus include herbs,
shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...
s, and
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...
s. They range in height from about . The herbage is generally hairy to woolly or bristly.''Abutilon''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. The leaf blades are usually entire, but the occasional species has lobed leaves. They are palmately veined and have wavy or serrated edges. Flowers are solitary, paired, or borne in small
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
s in the leaf axils or toward the branch tips. The
calyx
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is bell-shaped with five lobes. The corolla is usually bell-shaped to wheel-shaped, with five
petal
Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corol ...
s joined at the bases.
The flowers of wild species are most often yellow or orange, but can be red or pinkish, sometimes with a darker center. The
stamen
The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...
s are fused into a tube lined at the mouth with anthers. Inside the tube is the branching
style
Style, or styles may refer to:
Film and television
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* ''Style'' (2002 film), a Tamil drama film
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with head-like stigmas. The fruit is a rounded or hemispherical
schizocarp
A schizocarp is a dry fruit that, when mature, splits up into mericarps.
There are different definitions:
* Any Dry fruits, dry fruit composed of multiple carpels that separate.
: Under this definition the mericarps can contain one or more ...
with up to 20 segments, each containing a few seeds.
Species
There are about 200 species in the genus.
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepts 177 species.
Species include:
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Abutilon abutiloides
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsJacq.) Garcke – bushy abutilon, shrubby Indian mallow
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Abutilon affine
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon albidum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon auritum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsWall.
Nathaniel Wolff Wallich (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East Indi ...
Sweet
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– Asian Indian mallow
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Abutilon australiense
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon austroafricanum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon bedfordianum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsHook.
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Abutilon berlandieri
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsGray
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S.Watson
Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 – March 9, 1892) was an American botanist.
Life
Watson was born on December 1, 1826, in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut.
Graduating from Yale in 1847 in biology, he drifted through various occupations unti ...
– Berlandier's Indian mallow
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Abutilon bidentatum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsA.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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Abutilon bivalve
''Abutilon bivalve'' is a species of flowering plant (among the Malvales) in the Malvaceae family, a shrub (or subshrub) ranging from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Greater Antilles.
References
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Urb.
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Hook.f.
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– Darwin's mallow
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Abutilon eremitopetalum
''Abutilon eremitopetalum'', commonly known as the hidden-petaled abutilon or hiddenpetal Indian mallow, is a species of flowering shrub in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to dry forests and low shrublands on the windward side of t ...
Hook.f.
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Perr.
George Samuel Perrottet (23 February 1790 – 13 January 1870, Puducherry (city), Pondicherry), also known as Georges Guerrard-Samuel Perrottet, was a botanist and horticulturalist from Praz, in the commune of Vully-le-Bas, today Mont-Vully, Swit ...
– Texas Indian mallow
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Abutilon giganteum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon grandiflorum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsG.Don
George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector.
Life and career
George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1798 to Caroline Clementina Stuart and George Don (b.1756), pr ...
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Abutilon grandifolium
''Abutilon grandifolium'', the hairy Indian mallow, is a large shrub that is up to high with broad, leaf blades. Flowers are axillary, with a yellow corolla across, composed of petals long. The fruits are ovoid-globular schizocarps that are ...
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Willd.
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also ...
Abutilon guineense
''Abutilon guineense'' is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It has a broad distribution in Africa and has been introduced elsewhere. It may comprise more than one species, with others yet undescribed. In China it occu ...
Baker
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Ancient histo ...
f. &
Exell
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* Arthur Wallis Exell (1901–1993), British botanist and cryptographer
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F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (state), Vic ...
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Schltdl.
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist.
Life and work
Von Schlechtendal was born in Xanten, Xanten am Rhein and when his father Diederich Fried ...
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Abutilon hirtum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsLam.) Sweet – Florida Keys Indian mallow
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Abutilon hulseanum
''Abutilon hulseanum'', the mauve or red Indian mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.
Description
''Abutilon hulseanum'' is a short-lived perennial shrub growing to . Its showy orange-pink flowers bloom from late win ...
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Torr.
John Torrey (August 15, 1796 – March 10, 1873) was an American botanist, chemist, and physician. Throughout much of his career, he was a teacher of chemistry, often at multiple universities, while he also pursued botanical work, focusing on t ...
Abutilon incanum
''Abutilon incanum'', also known as hoary abutilon, pelotazo, pelotazo chico, tronadora, and ''mao'' (Hawaiian language, Hawaii), is a shrub widespread throughout the arid, warm regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico as wel ...
'' (Link) Sweet – hoary abutilon, pelotazo (
Southwestern United States
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, northern
Mexico
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,
Hawaii
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*'' Abutilon indicum'' ( L.) Sweet – Indian abutilon, Indian lantern-flower, monkeybush
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Abutilon insigne
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsPlanch.
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Abutilon julianae
''Abutilon julianae'' is a small shrub of the genus ''Abutilon'' believed endemic to Norfolk Island and nearby Phillip Island.
History
It was first recorded on Norfolk Island in 1792 by convict artist John Doody, and on Phillip Island by Ferdin ...
Abutilon lauraster
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsHochr.
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Abutilon leonardi
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon leucopetalum'' (
F.Muell.
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Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
– desert Chinese-lantern
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Abutilon listeri
'' Abutilon listeri'', commonly known as the lantern flower, is a tropical shrub in the Malvaceae or mallow family. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet honours Briti ...
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Baker f.
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Abutilon longicuspe
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsHochst. ex
A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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Abutilon malacum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon mauritianum'' (Jacq.) Medik.
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Abutilon megapotamicum
''Abutilon megapotamicum'' or ''Callianthe megapotamica'' (trailing abutilon) is a species of ''Abutilon'' native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It is a shrub growing to tall, with leaves long, ovate to shallowly three-lobed. The flowers ar ...
Abutilon menziesii
''Abutilon menziesii'', known as Kooloaula in Hawaiian, is an endangered species of flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.
Description
It is a sprawling shrub that can reach up to 10 feet in height. The leaves, wh ...
Hawaii
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Willd.
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Abutilon niveum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsGriseb. – white-flowered abutilon
*'' Abutilon oxycarpum'' – small-leaved abutilon
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Abutilon palmeri
''Abutilon palmeri'', known as Palmer's abutilon, superstition mallow, and Palmer's Indian mallow is a species of flowering plant native the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
The plant is found in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, ...
Abutilon parishii
''Abutilon parishii'' is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Parish's Indian mallow and Pima Indian mallow. It is native to Arizona in the United States and Sonora in Mexico.Abutilon parvulum
''Abutilon parvulum'' is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae, mallow family known by the common names dwarf Indian mallow and dwarf abutilon and native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
This is a perennial herb gr ...
Abutilon pictum
''Abutilon pictum'', syn. ''Abutilon striatum'' (disputed), is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to southern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The plant has become naturalised in Central America, and is us ...
Abutilon purpurascens
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsK.Schum.
*'' Abutilon reflexum'' (
Juss.
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Abutilon ramiflorum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon ranadei'' Woodr.et.Stapf - Indian son ghanta
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Abutilon reventum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon sachetianum
''Abutilon sachetianum'' is a small tree only known from the Marquesas. The species is found in small subpopulations on the islands of Eiao, Hatutaa, Hiva Oa, Mohotani and Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva (sometimes spelled Nukahiva or Nukuhiva) is the ...
Abutilon sandwicense
''Abutilon sandwicense'', commonly known as the greenflower Indian mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu, Hawaii, in the United States. It inhabits dry forests on the slop ...
Oahu
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Klotzsch
Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist.
His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.
Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Origi ...
Abutilon theophrasti
''Abutilon theophrasti,'' also known as velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed and the Chinese jute is an annual plant in the Family (biology), family Malvaceae that is native to South Asia, southern Asia and it serves as a type species of the genu ...
'' Medik. – butterprint, abutilon-hemp, China-jute, velvetleaf (in USA), swamp Chinese-lantern, common yellow mallow
*'' Abutilon thurberi'' A.Gray – Thurber's Indian mallow
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Abutilon tubulosum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsAbutilon venosum
''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsLem.
*'' Abutilon virginianum'' Krapov. – Virgin Islands abutilon
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Bakeridesia integerrima
''Bakeridesia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Its native range is Mexico to Venezuela, Eastern Brazil.
Species:
*'' Bakeridesia amoena''
*'' Bakeridesia bakeriana''
*''Bakeridesia chittendenii''
*'' Bake ...
Briquetia spicata
''Briquetia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance incl ...
Some abutilons are cultivated as garden plants. Several hybrids and
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
s have been developed.
Cultivars, hybrids, and species that have gained the
Royal Horticultural Society
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The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...
's
Award of Garden Merit
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It includes the full range of cultivated p ...
include:
*''A. megapotamicum''
*''A.'' × ''milleri''
*'Canary Bird'
*'Cannington Carol'
*'Cannington Peter'
*'Kentish Belle'
*'Linda Vista Peach'
*'Marion'
*'Nabob'
*'Orange Glow'
*'Savitzii'
*'Souvenir de Bonn'
*'Veronica Tennant'
Abutilons can be propagated from seed or via cuttings. ''A. megapoticum'' is grown as a house plant, but needs considerable light, including several hours of sunlight per day, and moderate temperatures of . The best potting medium is a loose soil rich in organic material and sand and watered when dry to the touch. The amount of watering should be reduced from November to March and the plant pruned back one third at the end of this rest period. The plant is prone to attack by scale insects. The plant is best replaced every two to three years with new specimens.
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Abutilon theophrasti
''Abutilon theophrasti,'' also known as velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed and the Chinese jute is an annual plant in the Family (biology), family Malvaceae that is native to South Asia, southern Asia and it serves as a type species of the genu ...
Abutilon incanum
''Abutilon incanum'', also known as hoary abutilon, pelotazo, pelotazo chico, tronadora, and ''mao'' (Hawaiian language, Hawaii), is a shrub widespread throughout the arid, warm regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico as wel ...
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Abutilon menziesii
''Abutilon menziesii'', known as Kooloaula in Hawaiian, is an endangered species of flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.
Description
It is a sprawling shrub that can reach up to 10 feet in height. The leaves, wh ...
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Abutilon pictum
''Abutilon pictum'', syn. ''Abutilon striatum'' (disputed), is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to southern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The plant has become naturalised in Central America, and is us ...
Abutilon megapotamicum
''Abutilon megapotamicum'' or ''Callianthe megapotamica'' (trailing abutilon) is a species of ''Abutilon'' native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It is a shrub growing to tall, with leaves long, ovate to shallowly three-lobed. The flowers ar ...
Abutilon grandifolium
''Abutilon grandifolium'', the hairy Indian mallow, is a large shrub that is up to high with broad, leaf blades. Flowers are axillary, with a yellow corolla across, composed of petals long. The fruits are ovoid-globular schizocarps that are ...