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Abutilon
Sign in to saveAbutilon is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. General common names include Indian mallow and velvetleaf; ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word that came from the Arabic '''' (), the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.
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Abutilon is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae, belonging to the order Malvales. It is classified within the class Magnoliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta. The genus was described by P. Miller in 1754 and holds an accepted taxonomic status.
Specimens of Abutilon have been collected from secondary forest and monsoon environments. Records from Mexico indicate the presence of the genus in institutions including IBUNAM, GH, CICY, ECOSUR, and INECOL. These Mexican records include 2,350 entries and 1,484 media files. A broader occurrence database lists 127,487 occurrences for the genus.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
General: Abutilon has been collected from secondary forest, monsoon
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,350
- With media
- 1,484
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, GH, CICY, ECOSUR, INECOL, FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Abutilon is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. General common names include Indian mallow and velvetleaf; ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word that came from the Arabic '' (), the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.
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.
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