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Abutilon
Abutilon /əˈbjuːtɪlɒn/ 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 New Latin word that came from the Arabic ’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون), the
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
velvetleaf
speciesAbutilon theophrasti
sweet Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon fruticosum
Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon indicum
hairy abutilon
speciesAbutilon grandifolium
Palmer's Indian mallow
speciesAbutilon palmeri
pelotazo
speciesAbutilon incanum
Shrubby Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon abutiloides
Anglestem Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon trisulcatum
Butter and cheese
speciesAbutilon sonneratianum
viscid mallow
speciesAbutilon viscosum
straggly lantern-bush
speciesAbutilon oxycarpum
Wright's Indian mallow
speciesAbutilon wrightii
Florida Keys Indian mallow
speciesAbutilon hirtum
Yellow Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon malacum
Abutilon angulatum
speciesAbutilon angulatum
dwarf abutilon
speciesAbutilon parvulum
Ragged Mallow
speciesAbutilon pannosum
Rio Grande Abutilon
speciesAbutilon hypoleucum
Abutilon austroafricanum
speciesAbutilon austroafricanum
mauve
speciesAbutilon hulseanum
Monkey bush
speciesAbutilon guineense
Sonoran Indian mallow
speciesAbutilon mollicomum
Desert Chinese Lantern
speciesAbutilon otocarpum
Yellowflower Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon reventum
Chinese Lantern
speciesAbutilon auritum
Bellflower
speciesAbutilon pycnodon
Desert Chinese Lantern
speciesAbutilon leucopetalum
Abutilon xanti
speciesAbutilon xanti
Ko'oloa 'ula
speciesAbutilon menziesii
Hairy Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon grandiflorum
Coastal Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon permolle
Parish's Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon parishii
Abutilon mucronatum
speciesAbutilon mucronatum
Abutilon mauritianum
speciesAbutilon mauritianum
Abutilon californicum
speciesAbutilon californicum
Persian mallow
speciesAbutilon persicum
Abutilon lepidum
speciesAbutilon lepidum
Abutilon dugesii
speciesAbutilon dugesii
Abutilon terminale
speciesAbutilon terminale
Abutilon ramosum
speciesAbutilon ramosum
Dwarf lantern-flower
speciesAbutilon fraseri
Abutilon reflexum
speciesAbutilon reflexum
Abutilon bivalve
speciesAbutilon bivalve
Abutilon australiense
speciesAbutilon australiense
Berlandier's Indian Mallow
speciesAbutilon berlandieri
Abutilon densiflorum
speciesAbutilon densiflorum
plain lantern flower
speciesAbutilon halophilum
Abutilon umbelliflorum
speciesAbutilon umbelliflorum
Abutilon grantii
speciesAbutilon grantii
Abutilon simulans
speciesAbutilon simulans
Australian Velvetleaf
speciesAbutilon malvifolium
Abutilon cunninghamii
speciesAbutilon cunninghamii
Abutilon micropetalum
speciesAbutilon micropetalum
Double-Toothed Mallow
speciesAbutilon bidentatum
Abutilon tubulosum
speciesAbutilon tubulosum
Velvet Lanternflower
speciesAbutilon calliphyllum
Abutilon ibarrense
speciesAbutilon ibarrense
Abutilon longicuspe
speciesAbutilon longicuspe
Norfolk Island abutilon
speciesAbutilon julianae
Abutilon hannii
speciesAbutilon hannii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.243
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.666
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.267
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 14)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.30
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.183
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53864.