n.
[Ar. aubūtīlūn.]
(Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
Abutilon
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
A-bu'ti-lon. Flowering Maple ; Chinese Lantern . About 150 species of tropical shrubs (rarely herbs) of the mallow family, a few of which are grown as bedding plants.
Description
Leaves alternate, often veined and resembling a maple leaf; some varieties are variegated. Flowers showy, solitary, and borne in leaf axils, usually drooping and often trumpet-shaped.
How to Grow
Abutilon makes a good show of color. Start seeds indoors in midwinter at 70-75° F (21-24° C) and set in the garden after last frost. Propagate by taking tip cuttings before fall frost or in late spring. Needs afternoon shade. A good pot plant or houseplant. Prefers warm weather.
Abutilon hybridum
Flowering Maple
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Chinese Lantern
. 1-3 ft. (30-90 cm) high. Flowers 1-2 in. (4-6 cm) wide, red, pinkish, purple, yellow, or white, bell- or trumpet-shaped. Many showy named forms. Tender perennial grown as a tender annual.
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The botanical name for flowering maple and Chinese lantern.
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Meaning #1:
herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; parlor maple; indian mallow
Synonym: genus Abutilon
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Malveae[1] |
| Genus: | Abutilon Mill. |
Abutilon (pronounced /əˈbjuːtɨlɒn/)[2] is a large genus of approximately 150 species of broadleaf evergreens in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus includes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and small trees from 1–10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents. The leaves are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes. The flowers 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 maples).
Abutilon species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Yellow-banded Skipper (which feeds exclusively on A. avicennae) and Chionodes mariona.
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Species
- A. abutiloides (Jacq.) Garcke (Bushy Abutilon).[3]
- A. albescens Miq.
- A. auritum (Wall. ex Link) Sweet (Asian Indian Mallow)
- A. bedfordianum (Hook.) A. St.-Hil. (Bedford's Mallow)
- A. berlandieri Gray ex S. Watson (Berlandier's Indian Mallow)
- A. bidentatum A. Rich.
- A. buchii Urb.
- A. darwinii Hook.f. (Darwin's Mallow)
- A. eremitopetalum Caum - Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow (Lānaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- A. fruticosum Guill. & Perr. (Texas Indian Mallow)
- A. giganteum (Jacq.) Sweet
- A. grandiflorum G. Don
- A. grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet (Hairy Indian Mallow)
- A. greveanum (Baill.) Hochr.
- A. hirtum (Lam.) Sweet (Hairy Abutilon).[3]
- A. hulseanum Torr. ex A. Gray
- A. hypoleucum A. Gray (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow)
- A. incanum (Link) Sweet - Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo (Southwestern United States, northern Mexico, Hawaiʻi)
- A. indicum (L.) Sweet (Indian Mallow)
- A. insigne Planch.
- A. julianae Endl.
- A. lauraster Hochr.
- 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.
- A. megapotamicum A. St.-Hil. & Naudin (Trailing Abutilon)
- A. menziesii Seem. Koʻoloaʻula (Hawaiʻi)
- A. mollicomum (Willd.) Sweet (Sonoran Indian Mallow)
- A. mollissimum
- A. niveum Griseb. (White-flowered Abutilon)
- A. ochsenii Phil.
- A. palmeri A. Gray (Palmer's Indian Mallow)
- A. parishii A. Watson (Parish's Indian Mallow)
- A. parvulum A. Gray (Dwarf Indian Mallow)
- A. pauciflorum A. St.-Hil. (Woolly Abutilon).[4]
- A. permolle (Willd.) Sweet (Velvety Abutilon).[3]
- A. pictum (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 Fosberg
- A. sandwicense (O. Deg.) Christoph. Greenflower Indian Mallow (Oahʻu in Hawaiʻi)
- A. sellowianum (Klotzsch) Regel
- A. theophrasti Medik. (Velvetleaf, Indian Mallow, Butterweed)
- A. thurberi A. Gray (Thurber's Indian Mallow)
- A. thyrsodendron Griseb.
- A. trisulcatum (Jacq.) Britton & Millsp.[5]
- A. venosum Lem.
- A. virginianum Krapov. (Virgin Islands Abutilon)
- A. vitifolium
- A. wrightii A. Gray
Hybrids
- Abutilon x hybridum ("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 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.
Gallery
_in_Hyderabad_W_IMG_5692.jpg) Abutilon hirtum |
 A. incanum (Hoary Abutilon) |
 Flower of A. megapotamicum |
 A. menziesii (Kooloaula) |
 A. menziesii flowers |
 A. pictum |
 Houseplant with tag "Bella Red Flowering Maple" |
Notes
- ^ "Abutilon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-03-12. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?5114. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ a b c Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265
- ^ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 266
- ^ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265–266
References
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Charles Frederick Millspaugh (1920). "Malvaceae". The Bahama Flora. pp. 264–.
See also
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