Abutilon

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Abutilon theophrasti 2015-08-29 5732.JPG | image_caption = Abutilon theophrasti | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Abutilon | authority = Mill. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = about 200, see text | synonyms =

  • Abortopetalum O.Deg. (1932)
  • Abutilaea F.Muell. (1852)
  • Abutilothamnus Ulbr. (1915)
  • Bastardia Kunth (1822)
  • Bastardiopsis (K.Schum.) Hassl. (1910)
  • Beloere Shuttlew. (1852) | synonyms_ref =

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 ar (أبو طيلون), 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.

Description

Plants of this genus include herbs, shrubs, and trees. The herbage is generally hairy to woolly or bristly. 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, 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.

Species

There are about 200 species in the genus. Plants of the World Online accepts 177 species.

Species include:

Hybrids

Formerly placed here

Cultivation

Some 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{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/85/Abutilon-megapotamicum/Details | title = Abutilon megapotamicum | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • A. × milleri{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/93283/Abutilon-x-milleri-hort/Details | title = Abutilon × milleri| publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Canary Bird' {{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/96120/Abutilon-Canary-Bird/Details | title = Abutilon 'Canary Bird' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Cannington Carol'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/25995/Abutilon-Cannington-Carol-(v)/Details | title = Abutilon 'Cannington Carol' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Cannington Peter' {{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/25997/Abutilon-Cannington-Peter-(v)/Details | title = Abutilon 'Cannington Peter' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Kentish Belle'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/97476/Abutilon-Kentish-Belle/Details | title = Abutilon 'Kentish Belle' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Linda Vista Peach'{{cite web | url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/145999/Abutilon-Linda-Vista-Peach/Details | title = Abutilon 'Linda Vista Peach | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Marion'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/102877/Abutilon-Marion/Details | title = Abutilon 'Marion' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Nabob' {{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/99375/Abutilon-Nabob/Details | title = Abutilon 'Nabob' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Orange Glow' {{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/50694/Abutilon-Orange-Glow-(v)/Details | title = Abutilon 'Orange Glow | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Savitzii'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/94010/Abutilon-Savitzii-(v)/Details | title = Abutilon 'Savitzii' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Souvenir de Bonn'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/26006/Abutilon-Souvenir-de-Bonn-(v)/Details | title = Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}
  • 'Veronica Tennant' {{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/95797/Abutilon-vitifolium-Veronica-Tennant/Details | title = Abutilon 'Veronica Tennant' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 February 2020}}

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. 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.

Gallery

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References

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