Abutilon listeri is a common shrub on Christmas Island, growing to 1–3 m in height. The leaves are circular to broadly ovate, either entire or weakly crenate, and about 90–160 mm long. The yellow flowers occur in loose, terminal panicles.[2]
Distribution and habitatedit
Found only on Christmas Island, the lantern flower grows in natural clearings and the rainforest margin behind the sea cliffs on the lower terraces, and is often found in secondary growth and along paths and tracks. It responds well to environmental disturbance.[2]
Taxonomyedit
The lantern flower is closely related to the sympatric A. auritum; both have a paniculate inflorescence and fewer than 15 mericarps.[2]
abutilon, listeri, commonly, known, lantern, flower, tropical, shrub, malvaceae, mallow, family, endemic, christmas, island, australian, territory, north, eastern, indian, ocean, specific, epithet, honours, british, zoologist, plant, collector, joseph, jackson. 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 British zoologist and plant collector Joseph Jackson Lister who visited the island on HMS Egeria in 1887 2 Abutilon listeriScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder MalvalesFamily MalvaceaeGenus AbutilonSpecies A listeriBinomial nameAbutilon listeriBaker f 1893 1 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Taxonomy 4 References 4 1 Notes 4 2 SourcesDescription editAbutilon listeri is a common shrub on Christmas Island growing to 1 3 m in height The leaves are circular to broadly ovate either entire or weakly crenate and about 90 160 mm long The yellow flowers occur in loose terminal panicles 2 Distribution and habitat editFound only on Christmas Island the lantern flower grows in natural clearings and the rainforest margin behind the sea cliffs on the lower terraces and is often found in secondary growth and along paths and tracks It responds well to environmental disturbance 2 Taxonomy editThe lantern flower is closely related to the sympatric A auritum both have a paniculate inflorescence and fewer than 15 mericarps 2 References editNotes edit Baker E G 1893 a b c d Flora of Australia Online Sources edit Baker Edmund G 1893 Synopsis of genera and species of Malveae A Listeri Journal of Botany British and Foreign 31 269 Abutilon listeri Baker f Flora of Australia Online Australian Biological Resources Study 1993 Retrieved 2010 11 23 nbsp This article about Malveae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abutilon listeri amp oldid 1179570234, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
