Abutilon/əˈbjuːtɪlɒn/[3] is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.[4] It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics[5] of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.[6] General common names include Indian mallow[7] and velvetleaf;[8] ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word[9] that came from the Arabic ’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون),[10] the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.[11]
The type species is Abutilon theophrasti. 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.
Plants of this genus include herbs, shrubs, and trees.[5] They range in height from about 0.5 to 3 meters (1.5 to 10 feet).[12] The herbage is generally hairy to woolly or bristly.[13] 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 inflorescences in the leaf axils or toward the branch tips. The calyx is bell-shaped with five lobes. The corolla is usually bell-shaped to wheel-shaped, with five petals joined at the bases.
The flowers of wild species are most often yellow or orange,[5] but can be red or pinkish, sometimes with a darker center. The stamens are fused into a tube lined at the mouth with anthers. Inside the tube is the branching style with head-like stigmas. The fruit is a rounded or hemispherical schizocarp with up to 20 segments, each containing a few seeds.[5][13]
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 61 to 74 °F (16 to 23 °C). 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.[30]
^Esteves, G. L.; Krapovickas, A. (2002). "New Species of Abutilon (Malvaceae) from Sao Paulo State, Brazil". Kew Bulletin. 57 (2): 479. Bibcode:2002KewBu..57..479E. doi:10.2307/4111131. JSTOR 4111131.
^ abAbutilon. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
^Genus: Abutilon Mill. 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
^Porcher, Michel H. (2006). "Sorting plant names: Arabic index". Multilingual, Multiscript Plant Name Database. University of Melbourne. Transcribed as abū-taylūn in the Plant Index. The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd edition) gives ūbūṭīlūn
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abutilon" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.: written aubūtīlūn in both Britannica and the OED.
^Hildyard, A. (2001). Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World. Marshall Cavendish. p. 22. ISBN978-0-7614-7194-3.
^"Abutilon megapotamicum". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon × milleri". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Canary Bird'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Cannington Carol'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Cannington Peter'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Kentish Belle'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Linda Vista Peach". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Marion'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Nabob'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Orange Glow". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Savitzii'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^"Abutilon 'Veronica Tennant'". RHS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^Chiusoli, Alessandro; Boriani, Luisa Maria (1986). Simon & Schuster's guide to houseplants. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN0671631314.
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abutilon, juː, large, genus, flowering, plants, mallow, family, malvaceae, distributed, throughout, tropics, subtropics, americas, africa, asia, australia, general, common, names, include, indian, mallow, velvetleaf, ornamental, varieties, known, room, maple, . Abutilon e ˈ b juː t ɪ l ɒ n 3 is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae 4 It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics 5 of the Americas Africa Asia and Australia 6 General common names include Indian mallow 7 and velvetleaf 8 ornamental varieties may be known as room maple parlor maple or flowering maple The genus name is an 18th century Neo Latin word 9 that came from the Arabic abu ṭilun أبو طيلون 10 the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus 11 Abutilon Abutilon theophrasti Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Malvales Family Malvaceae Subfamily Malvoideae Tribe Malveae Genus AbutilonMill 1 Species about 200 see text Synonyms 2 Abortopetalum O Deg 1932 Abutilaea F Muell 1852 Abutilothamnus Ulbr 1915 Bastardia Kunth 1822 Bastardiopsis K Schum Hassl 1910 Beloere Shuttlew 1852 The type species is Abutilon theophrasti 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 Contents 1 Description 2 Species 2 1 Hybrids 2 2 Formerly placed here 3 Cultivation 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksDescription editPlants of this genus include herbs shrubs and trees 5 They range in height from about 0 5 to 3 meters 1 5 to 10 feet 12 The herbage is generally hairy to woolly or bristly 13 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 inflorescences in the leaf axils or toward the branch tips The calyx is bell shaped with five lobes The corolla is usually bell shaped to wheel shaped with five petals joined at the bases The flowers of wild species are most often yellow or orange 5 but can be red or pinkish sometimes with a darker center The stamens are fused into a tube lined at the mouth with anthers Inside the tube is the branching style with head like stigmas The fruit is a rounded or hemispherical schizocarp with up to 20 segments each containing a few seeds 5 13 Species editThere are about 200 species in the genus 5 13 Plants of the World Online accepts 177 species 2 Species include 7 14 2 Abutilon abutiloides Jacq Garcke bushy abutilon 15 shrubby Indian mallow Abutilon affine Spreng G Don Southern Brazil Paraguay Uruguay and northeastern Argentina Abutilon albidum Willd Sweet Abutilon auritum Wall ex Link Sweet Asian Indian mallow Abutilon australiense Hochr ex Britten Nimbalkar Nandikar amp Sardesai Abutilon austroafricanum Hochr Abutilon bedfordianum Hook A St Hil Bedford s mallow Abutilon berlandieri Gray ex S Watson Berlandier s Indian mallow Abutilon bidentatum A Rich Abutilon bivalve Cav Dorr Abutilon buchii Urb Abutilon darwinii Hook f Darwin s mallow Abutilon eremitopetalum Caum hiddenpetal Indian mallow Lanaʻi in Hawaii Abutilon fraseri Hook f Walp Dwarf lantern flower Abutilon fruticosum Guill amp Perr Texas Indian mallow Abutilon giganteum Jacq Sweet Abutilon grandiflorum G Don Abutilon grandifolium Willd Sweet hairy Indian mallow Abutilon greveanum Baill Hochr Abutilon guineense Schumach Baker f amp Exell Abutilon halophilum F Muell ex Schltdl Abutilon hirtum Lam Sweet Florida Keys Indian mallow Abutilon hulseanum Torr ex A Gray Abutilon hypoleucum A Gray whiteleaf Indian mallow Abutilon incanum Link Sweet hoary abutilon pelotazo Southwestern United States northern Mexico Hawaii Abutilon indicum L Sweet Indian abutilon Indian lantern flower monkeybush Abutilon insigne Planch Abutilon julianae Endl Abutilon lauraster Hochr Abutilon leonardi Urb woolly abutilon Abutilon leucopetalum F Muell F Muell ex Benth desert Chinese lantern Abutilon listeri Baker f Abutilon longicuspe Hochst ex A Rich Abutilon malacum S Watson yellow Indian mallow Abutilon mauritianum Jacq Medik Abutilon megapotamicum A St Hil amp Naudin trailing abutilon Abutilon menziesii Seem koʻoloaʻula Hawaii Abutilon mollicomum Willd Sweet Sonoran Indian mallow Abutilon mollissimum Cav Sweet Abutilon niveum Griseb white flowered abutilon Abutilon oxycarpum F Muell F Muell ex Benth small leaved abutilon Abutilon palmeri A Gray Palmer s Indian mallow Abutilon pannosum G Forst Schltdl Abutilon parishii A Watson Parish s Indian mallow Abutilon parvulum A Gray dwarf Indian mallow Abutilon pauciflorum A St Hil woolly abutilon 16 Abutilon permolle Willd Sweet coastal Indian mallow Abutilon pictum Gillies ex Hook Walp redvein abutilon painted Indian mallow syn A striatum Abutilon pitcairnense Fosberg Abutilon purpurascens Link K Schum Abutilon reflexum Juss ex Cav Sweet Abutilon ramiflorum A St Hil Abutilon ranadei Woodr et Stapf Indian son ghanta Abutilon reventum S Watson yellowflower Indian mallow Abutilon sachetianum Fosberg Abutilon sandwicense O Deg Christoph greenflower Indian mallow Oahʻu in Hawaii Abutilon sellowianum Klotzsch Regel Abutilon theophrasti Medik butterprint abutilon hemp China jute velvetleaf in USA swamp Chinese lantern common yellow mallow Abutilon thurberi A Gray Thurber s Indian mallow Abutilon thyrsodendron Griseb Abutilon trisulcatum Jacq Britton amp Millsp anglestem Indian mallow Abutilon tubulosum A Cunn ex Hook Walp Abutilon venosum Lem Abutilon virginianum Krapov Virgin Islands abutilon Abutilon wrightii A Gray Wright s Indian mallow Hybrids edit Abutilon hybridum unknown parentage Abutilon milleri A megapotamicum A pictum Abutilon suntense A ochsenii A vitifolium Formerly placed here edit Bakeridesia integerrima Hook D M Bates as A chittendenii Standl Briquetia spicata Kunth Fryxell as A spicatum Kunth Corynabutilon ochsenii Phil Kearney as A ochsenii Phil Reiche Corynabutilon vitifolium Cav Kearney as A vitifolium Cav C Presl Cultivation editSome abutilons are cultivated as garden plants Several hybrids and cultivars have been developed Cultivars hybrids and species that have gained the Royal Horticultural Society s Award of Garden Merit include A megapotamicum 17 A milleri 18 Canary Bird 19 Cannington Carol 20 Cannington Peter 21 Kentish Belle 22 Linda Vista Peach 23 Marion 24 Nabob 25 Orange Glow 26 Savitzii 27 Souvenir de Bonn 28 Veronica Tennant 29 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 61 to 74 F 16 to 23 C 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 30 Gallery edit nbsp Abutilon theophrasti nbsp Abutilon incanum nbsp Abutilon menziesii nbsp Abutilon pictum nbsp Abutilon Kentish Belle nbsp Abutilon megapotamicum nbsp Abutilon indicum nbsp Abutilon grandifoliumReferences edit Abutilon Mill Tropicos Missouri Botanical Garden Retrieved 2017 04 18 a b c Abutilon Mill Plants of the World Online Retrieved 18 June 2023 Sunset Western Garden Book 1995 606 07 Fryxell Paul November 2002 An Abutilon nomenclator Malvaceae PDF 5 79 118 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b c d e Abutilon Flora of China Esteves G L Krapovickas A 2002 New Species of Abutilon Malvaceae from Sao Paulo State Brazil Kew Bulletin 57 2 479 Bibcode 2002KewBu 57 479E doi 10 2307 4111131 JSTOR 4111131 a b Abutilon Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS Genus Abutilon Mill Archived 2014 04 29 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network GRIN abutilon Oxford English Dictionary Online ed Oxford University Press Subscription or participating institution membership required Porcher Michel H 2006 Sorting plant names Arabic index Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database University of Melbourne Transcribed as abu taylun in the Plant Index The New Oxford American Dictionary 3rd edition gives ubuṭilun Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Abutilon Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed Cambridge University Press written aubutilun in both Britannica and the OED Hildyard A 2001 Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World Marshall Cavendish p 22 ISBN 978 0 7614 7194 3 a b c Abutilon The Jepson eFlora 2013 GRIN Species Records of Abutilon Germplasm Resources Information Network United States Department of Agriculture Archived from the original on 2015 09 24 Retrieved 2010 12 05 Britton N L C F Millspaugh 1920 Malvaceae The Bahama Flora The authors p 264 Britton amp Millspaugh p 266 Abutilon megapotamicum RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon milleri RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Canary Bird RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Cannington Carol RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Cannington Peter RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Kentish Belle RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Linda Vista Peach RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Marion RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Nabob RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Orange Glow RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Savitzii RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Souvenir de Bonn RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Abutilon Veronica Tennant RHS Retrieved 27 February 2020 Chiusoli Alessandro Boriani Luisa Maria 1986 Simon amp Schuster s guide to houseplants New York Simon and Schuster ISBN 0671631314 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abutilon Abutilon Plant Info and Care Archived 2020 12 01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abutilon amp oldid 1211787495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
