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Abutilon is a large genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of approximately 150 species of broadleaf evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
s in the mallow
Malva

Malva is a genus of about 25?30 species of herbaceous annual plant, biennial plant, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae , one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow....
 family, Malvaceae
Malvaceae

Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus , Sterculia , Dombeya , Pavonia and Sida ....
. The genus includes annuals
Annual plant

An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed....
, perennials
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
, shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s, and small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s from 1-10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are conspicuous, with five petals, mostly red, pink, orange, yellow or white.

Common names include Abutilon, Chinese Bell Flower, Chinese Lantern, Mallow, Indian Mallow, and Flowering Maple (for the maple-like leaves of some species, although the genus is not related to the true maple
Maple

Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae....
s).

Abutilon species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including Yellow-banded Skipper
Yellow-banded Skipper

The 'Yellow-banded Skipper' is a species of skipper . It is found in southern and eastern Europe.Pyrgus species are usually difficult to separate in the field but P....
 (which feeds exclusively on A.






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Abutilon is a large genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of approximately 150 species of broadleaf evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
s in the mallow
Malva

Malva is a genus of about 25?30 species of herbaceous annual plant, biennial plant, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae , one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow....
 family, Malvaceae
Malvaceae

Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus , Sterculia , Dombeya , Pavonia and Sida ....
. The genus includes annuals
Annual plant

An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed....
, perennials
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
, shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s, and small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s from 1-10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are conspicuous, with five petals, mostly red, pink, orange, yellow or white.

Common names include Abutilon, Chinese Bell Flower, Chinese Lantern, Mallow, Indian Mallow, and Flowering Maple (for the maple-like leaves of some species, although the genus is not related to the true maple
Maple

Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae....
s).

Abutilon species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including Yellow-banded Skipper
Yellow-banded Skipper

The 'Yellow-banded Skipper' is a species of skipper . It is found in southern and eastern Europe.Pyrgus species are usually difficult to separate in the field but P....
 (which feeds exclusively on A. avicennae) and Chionodes mariona
Chionodes

Chionodes is a genus of moths of the family Gelechiidae. This large group has representatives in most parts of the world. Many species of this genus utilize Douglas fir as a host plant....
.

Species

  • A. abutiloides (Jacq.) Garcke (Bushy Abutilon).
  • A. albescens Miq.
  • A. auritum (Wall. ex Link
    Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link

    Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link was a Germany natural history and botanist.Link was born at Hildesheim as a son of the minister August Heinrich Link , who taught him the love for nature through collection of 'natural objects'....
    ) Sweet
    Robert Sweet (botanist)

    Robert Sweet was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries....
     (Asian Indian Mallow)
  • A. bedfordianum (Hook.) A. St.-Hil. (Bedford's Mallow)
  • A. berlandieri Gray
    Samuel Frederick Gray

    Samuel Frederick Gray was a United Kingdom botanist and pharmacologist.Gray was the author of The Natural Arrangement of British Plants . He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray....
     ex S. Watson     (Berlandier's Indian Mallow)
  • A. bidentatum A. Rich.
  • A. buchii Urb.
  • A. darwinii
    Abutilon darwinii

    Abutilon darwinii is a shrub typically growing 2 m tall, native to Brazil . The flowers are pink....
     Hook.f. (Darwin's Mallow)
  • A. eremitopetalum
    Abutilon eremitopetalum

    The Hidden-petaled Abutilon or Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It is found only in the United States from the state of Hawaii on the windward side of the island of Lanai....
     Caum
    Edward Leonard Caum

    Edward Leonard Caum was a United States botanist.References...
     (Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow)
  • A. fruticosum Guill. & Perr. (Texas Indian Mallow)
  • A. giganteum (Jacq.) Sweet
  • A. grandiflorum G. Don
  • A. grandifolium
    Abutilon grandifolium

    Abutilon grandifolium, or Hairy Indian Mallow, is a large shrub that is 2 m high with broad, 1-6 cm leaves. The fruits are schizocarps that are 1.4-1.5 cm in diameter and 1-1.1 cm tall....
     (Willd.) Sweet (Hairy Indian Mallow)
  • A. hirtum (Lam.
    Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

    Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck, usually known as Lamarck, was a France soldier, natural history, academia and an early proponent of the idea that evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with Naturalism ....
    ) Sweet     (Hairy Abutilon).
  • A. hulseanum Torr. ex A. Gray
  • A. hypoleucum A. Gray (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow)
  • A. incanum
    Abutilon incanum

    Abutilon icanum, also known as hoary abutilon, pelotazo, pelotazo chico, and tronadora, is a shrub widespread throughout the arid, warm regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico....
     (Link) Sweet (Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo)
  • A. indicum
    Abutilon indicum

    Abutilon indicum is an invasive species in the Malvaceaefamily. This plant is often used as a medicinal plant.Sanskrit name ?????? Atibalaa...
     (L.) Sweet (Indian Mallow)
  • A. insigne Planch.
  • A. julianae
    Abutilon julianae

    Abutilon julianae is a small shrub of the genus Abutilon believed endemic to Norfolk Island, where it was last seen about 1910. For more than seventy years it was considered extinct, apparently killed out by grazing stock....
     Endl.
  • A. leonardi Urb. (Woolly Abutilon)
  • A. leucopetalum (F. Muell.) F. Muell. ex Benth.
  • A. longicuspe Hochst. ex A. Rich.
  • A. malacum S. Watson (Yellow Indian Mallow)
  • A. mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik.
    Friedrich Kasimir Medikus

    Friedrich Kasimir Medikus was a German physician and botanistHe was born at Grambach and became director of the University of Heidelberg and curator of the botanical garden at Mannheim....
  • A. megapotamicum
    Abutilon megapotamicum

    Abutilon megapotamicum is a species of Abutilon native to Brazil. It is a shrub growing to 2.5 m tall, with leaf 5-8 cm long, ovate to shallowly three-lobed....
     A. St.-Hil. & Naudin (Trailing Abutilon)
  • A. menziesii
    Abutilon menziesii

    The Kooloaula is an endangered species of Flowering plant shrub in the Malva family, Malvaceae. It is Endemism to Hawaiian tropical dry forests on the islands of Lanai, Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii in Hawaii....
     Seem. (Ko'oloa'ula)
  • A. mollicomum (Willd.) Sweet (Sonoran Indian Mallow)
  • A. mollissimum
  • A. niveum Griseb. (White-flowered Abutilon)
  • A. ochsenii Phil.
  • A. palmeri
    Abutilon palmeri

    Abutilon palmeri is a is a species of Abutilon which is native to San Diego County in Southern California. It is a dense, round shrub growing 3 to 8 feet tall , by 3 to 5 feet in diameter ; the foliage is characterised by velvety heart-shaped leaves forming as alternates at meristems....
     A. Gray (Palmer's Indian Mallow)
  • A. parishii A. Watson (Parish's Indian Mallow)
  • A. parvulum
    Abutilon parvulum

    Abutilon parvulum is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae known by the common name dwarf Indian mallow. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico....
     A. Gray (Dwarf Indian Mallow)
  • A. pauciflorum A. St.-Hil. (Woolly Abutilon).
  • A. permolle (Willd.) Sweet (Velvety Abutilon).
  • A. pictum
    Abutilon pictum

    Abutilon pictum is a species of Abutilon native to Brazil. It is a shrub growing to 5 m tall, with leaf 5-15 cm long, three- to five- lobed....
     (Gillies ex Hook.) Walp. (Redvein Abutilon, Red Vein Indian Mallow; syn. A. striatum)
  • A. purpurascens (Link) K. Schum.
  • A. reflexum (Juss. ex Cav.) Sweet
  • A. ramiflorum A. St.-Hil.
  • A. reventum S. Watson (Yellowflower Indian Mallow)
  • A. sachetianum
    Abutilon 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....
     Fosberg
  • A. sandwicense
    Abutilon sandwicense

    The Greenflower Indian Mallow is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It is found only on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, in the United States....
     (O. Deg.) Christoph. (Greenflower Indian Mallow)
  • A. sellowianum (Klotzsch
    Johann Friedrich Klotzsch

    Johann Friedrich Klotzsch was a Germany pharmacist and botanist.His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom....
    ) Regel
  • A. theophrasti
    Abutilon theophrasti

    Abutilon theophrasti is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia. It grows to 1 m tall, and has velvet-like heart-shaped leaf 15-25 cm broad....
     Medik. (Velvetleaf, Indian Mallow, Butterweed)
  • A. thurberi A. Gray (Thurber's Indian Mallow)
  • A. thyrsodendron Griseb.
  • A. trisulcatum (Jacq.) Britton
    Nathaniel Lord Britton

    Nathaniel Lord Britton was a USA botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx , New York. Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York....
     & Millsp.
  • A. venosum Lem.
  • A. virginianum Krapov. (Virgin Islands Abutilon)
  • A. vitifolium
  • A. wrightii A. Gray


Hybrids

  • Abutilon x hybridum
    Abutilon x hybridum

    Abutilon ? hybridum is a Hybrid shrub in the genus Abutilon, of unknown parentage. The common name Chinese Lantern is often used, though the same name is also commonly applied to Physalis....
     ("Chinese Lantern"; unknown parentage).
  • Abutilon x milleri (A. megapotamicum x A. pictum).
  • Abutilon x suntense (A. ochsenii x A. vitifolium).


Cultivation and uses

Abutilons are popular garden
Garden

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials....
 plants in subtropical areas. The hardiest species, A. ochsenii and A. vitifolium from Chile, are hardy in warm temperate areas with moderate frost down to about -10°C.

Abutilon x hybridum is a popular group of hybrids that are semi-tropical, frost-tender shrubs typically growing 2-3 m tall. The lantern-like buds open to solitary, pendulous, bell- to cup-shaped flowers to 8 cm diameter with five overlapping petals and significant staminal columns typical of the mallow family. Flowers come in red, pink, yellow, white and pastel shades. Lobed, maple-like, light green leaves are often variegated with white and yellow.

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