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| genus = '''''Abutilon'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Gerrit Smith Miller|Miller]]
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''About 150 species; see text.''
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'''''Abutilon''''' is a large [[genus]] of about 150 species of broadleaf [[evergreen]]s in the [[mallow]] family ([[Malvaceae]]),. The genus includes [[Annual plant|annuals]], [[Perennial plant|perennials]], [[shrub]]s, and small [[tree]]s ranging from 1-10 m tall. [[leaf|Leaves]] are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes. The [[flower]]s are conspicuous, have five petals, and come mostly in red, pink, orange, yellow or white.
  
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'''''Abutilon''''' is a large genus of about 150 species of broadleaf [[evergreen]]s in the [[mallow]] family ([[Malvaceae]]). The genus includes [[Annual plant|annuals]], [[perennial]]s, [[shrub]]s, and small [[tree]]s from 1-10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes. The [[flower]]s are conspicuous, with five petals, mostly red, pink, orange, yellow or white.
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Common names include '''Abutilon''', '''Chinese Bell Flower''', '''Chinese Lantern''', '''Mallow''', '''Indian Mallow''', and '''Flowering Maple'''. The names with maple refer to the maple-like leaves of some species, though the genus is not related to true [[maple]]s).
  
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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]]s).
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Abutilon (name of Arabic origin for a malvaceous plant). Malvaceae. Flowering Maple. Attractive coolhouse shrubs and window-plants, and some kinds used for bedding. Sometimes called Chinese Bellflower.  
  
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Leaves long-stalked, often maple-like: fls. mostly pendulous, with naked 5-cleft calyx, 5 separate obovate petals, many stamens united in a column about the many-branched style, the anthers borne at the top of the column: fr. a collection or aggregate of 2-valved often beaked carpels that are deciduous from the central axis at maturity.—Natives of warm regions in both hemispheres, comprising herbs, shrubs and trees; about 80 species.
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The abutilons oftenest seen in American gardens and conservatories are apparently hybrids and derivatives of pure species. The colors are mostly yellow, white and pink, with attractive veining. Well-known forms are: Arthur Belsham, red, shaded gold. Boule de Neige, pure white, very free. California, a group of free bloomers. Eclipse, foliage marbled green, and yellow fls. of fair size; sepals scarlet; petals orange-buff; suited for baskets and vases; a form of A. megapotamicum (another Eclipse is known). Erecta, pink, orange-veined, erect fls. Golden Bell, deep yellow, free-flowering. Golden Fleece, pure yellow, free-flowering. Royal Scarlet, rich, shining scarlet. Santana, deep red. Savitzii, dwarf, with white-edged foliage; useful for bedding. Snowstorm, semi-dwarf, pure white. Souvenir de Bonn, lvs. large, deep green, not mottled, but edged with a broad white margin; distinct and striking; a useful bedding plant. Splendens, bright red.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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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.
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''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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The cultivation of abutilons is simple, under conditions suitable for the growing of geraniums and fuchsias. Some of the forms are grown primarily for bloom, and they are practically continuous-flowering when well handled; the variegated-leaved forms are grown for foliage and used more or less for bedding-out. Abutilons make good pot-plants if kept within bounds by pinching back so that they will branch. A. megapotamicum and some others are useful for baskets and vases. The showy A. insigne is an excellent rafter-plant.{{SCH}}
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===Propagation===
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Propagation is by cuttings or seeds. Cuttings may be made in spring of new wood from old plants that have been cut back, or they may be taken in fall; as the abutilon is active practically all the year, the cuttings may be taken almost at will. Seeds grow readily; if started in March, blooming plants should be had by fall. Bedding material is raised from early-Struck cuttings.{{SCH}}
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===Pests and diseases===
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''Abutilon'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Yellow-banded Skipper]] (which feeds exclusively on ''A. avicennae'') and ''[[Chionodes|Chionodes mariona]]''.
 
''Abutilon'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Yellow-banded Skipper]] (which feeds exclusively on ''A. avicennae'') and ''[[Chionodes|Chionodes mariona]]''.
  
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==Species==
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*''[[Abutilon albescens]]''. Endemic in [[Indonesia]].
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*''[[Abutilon auritum]]'' (Asian Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon abutiloides|A. abutiloides]]'' <small>([[Jacq.]]) [[Garcke]]</small> (Bushy Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265</ref>
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*''[[Abutilon bedfordianum]]'' (Bedford's Mallow). [[Brazil]].
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*''[[Abutilon albescens|A. albescens]]'' <small>[[Miq.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon berlandieri]]'' (Berlandier's Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon auritum|A. auritum]]'' <small>([[Wall.]] ex [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]) [[Robert Sweet (botanist)|Sweet]]</small> (Asian Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon darwinii]]'' (Darwin's Mallow). Brazil.
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*''[[Abutilon bedfordianum|A. bedfordianum]]'' <small>([[Hook.]]) [[A. St.-Hil.]]</small> (Bedford's Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon eremitopetalum]]'' (Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon berlandieri|A. berlandieri]]'' <small>[[Samuel Frederick Gray|Gray]] ex [[S. Watson]]</small> (Berlandier's Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon fruticosum]]'' (Texas Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon bidentatum|A. bidentatum]]'' <small>[[A. Rich.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon grandifolium]]'' (Hairy Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon buchii|A. buchii]]'' <small>[[Urb.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon hirtum]]'' (Hairy Indian Mallow). Old World tropics; naturalised in New World tropics.
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*''[[Abutilon darwinii|A. darwinii]]'' <small>[[Hook.f.]]</small> (Darwin's Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon hulseanum]]''.
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*''[[Abutilon eremitopetalum|A. eremitopetalum]]'' <small>[[Edward Leonard Caum|Caum]]</small> (Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon hyoleucum]]'' (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon fruticosum|A. fruticosum]]'' <small>[[Guill.]] & [[Perr.]]</small> (Texas Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon incanum]]'' (Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo).
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*''[[Abutilon giganteum|A. giganteum]]'' <small>(Jacq.) Sweet</small>
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*''[[Abutilon indicum]]'' (Indian Mallow). Old World tropics.
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*''[[Abutilon grandiflorum|A. grandiflorum]]'' <small>[[G. Don]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon insigne]]''. [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]].
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*''[[Abutilon grandifolium|A. grandifolium]]'' <small>([[Willd.]]) Sweet</small> (Hairy Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon leonardi]]'' (Woolly Abutilon).
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*''[[Abutilon hirtum|A. hirtum]]'' <small>([[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]) Sweet</small> (Hairy Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265</ref>
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*''[[Abutilon malacum]]'' (Yellow Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon hulseanum|A. hulseanum]]'' <small>[[Torr.]] ex [[A. Gray]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon megapotamicum]]'' (Trailing Abutilon). Brazil.
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*''[[Abutilon hypoleucum|A. hypoleucum]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon menziesii]]'' (Ko'oloa'ula). [[Hawaii]].
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*''[[Abutilon incanum|A. incanum]]'' <small>(Link) Sweet</small> (Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo)
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*''[[Abutilon mollicomum]]'' (Sonoran Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon indicum|A. indicum]]'' <small>([[L.]]) Sweet</small> (Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon mollissimum]]''. South America.
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*''[[Abutilon insigne|A. insigne]]'' <small>[[Planch.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon niveum]]''. (White-flowered Abutilon). Argentina, Bolivia.
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*''[[Abutilon julianae|A. julianae]]'' <small>[[Endl.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon ochsenii]]''. [[Chile]].
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*''[[Abutilon leonardi|A. leonardi]]'' <small>Urb.</small> (Woolly Abutilon)
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*''[[Abutilon palmeri]]'' (Palmer's Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon leucopetalum|A. leucopetalum]]'' <small>([[F. Muell.]]) F. Muell. ex [[Benth.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon parishii]]'' (Parish's Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon longicuspe|A. longicuspe]]'' <small>[[Hochst.]] ex A. Rich.</small>
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*''[[Abutilon parvulum]]'' (Dwarf Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon malacum|A. malacum]]'' <small>S. Watson</small> (Yellow Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon permolle]]'' (Coastal Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon mauritianum|A. mauritianum]]'' <small>(Jacq.) [[Medik.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon pictum]]'' (Redvein Abutilon, Red Vein Indian Mallow; syn. ''A. striatum''). Brazil.
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*''[[Abutilon megapotamicum|A. megapotamicum]]'' <small>[[A. St.-Hil.]] & [[Naudin]]</small> (Trailing Abutilon)
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*''[[Abutilon purpurascens]]''. Brazil.
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*''[[Abutilon menziesii|A. menziesii]]'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small> (Ko'oloa'ula)
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*''[[Abutilon reventum]]'' (Yellowflower Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon mollicomum|A. mollicomum]]'' <small>([[Willd.]]) Sweet</small> (Sonoran Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon sachetianum]]''  
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*''[[Abutilon mollissimum|A. mollissimum]]''
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*''[[Abutilon sandwicense]]'' (Greenflower Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon niveum|A. niveum]]'' <small>[[Griseb.]]</small> (White-flowered Abutilon)
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*''[[Abutilon theophrasti]]'' (Velvetleaf, Indian Mallow, Butterweed). Tropical Asia.
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*''[[Abutilon ochsenii|A. ochsenii]]'' <small>[[Phil.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon thurberi]]'' (Thurber's Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon palmeri|A. palmeri]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Palmer's Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon thyrsodendron]]'' Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil.
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*''[[Abutilon parishii|A. parishii]]'' <small>A. Watson</small> (Parish's Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon trisulcatum]]'' (Anglestem Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon parvulum|A. parvulum]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Dwarf Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon venosum]]''. Brazil.
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*''[[Abutilon pauciflorum|A. pauciflorum]]'' <small>A. St.-Hil.</small> (Woolly Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 266</ref>
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*''[[Abutilon virginianum]]'' (Virgin Islands Abutilon). [[Virgin Islands]].
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*''[[Abutilon permolle|A. permolle]]'' <small>(Willd.) Sweet</small> (Velvety Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265</ref>
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*''[[Abutilon vitifolium]]''. Chile.
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*''[[Abutilon pictum|A. pictum]]'' <small>([[John Gillies (botanist)|Gillies]] ex Hook.) [[Walp.]]</small> (Redvein Abutilon, Red Vein Indian Mallow; syn. ''A. striatum'')
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*''[[Abutilon wrightii]]'' (Wright's Indian Mallow).
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*''[[Abutilon purpurascens|A. purpurascens]]'' <small>(Link) [[K. Schum.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon reflexum|A. reflexum]]'' <small>([[Juss.]] ex [[Cav.]]) Sweet</small>
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*''[[Abutilon ramiflorum|A. ramiflorum]]'' <small>A. St.-Hil.</small>
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*''[[Abutilon reventum|A. reventum]]'' <small>S. Watson</small> (Yellowflower Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon sachetianum|A. sachetianum]]'' <small>[[Fosberg]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon sandwicense|A. sandwicense]]'' <small>([[O. Deg.]]) [[Christoph.]]</small> (Greenflower Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon sellowianum|A. sellowianum]]'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]]) [[Eduard von Regel|Regel]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon theophrasti|A. theophrasti]]'' <small>Medik.</small> (Velvetleaf, Indian Mallow, Butterweed)
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*''[[Abutilon thurberi|A. thurberi]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Thurber's Indian Mallow)
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*''[[Abutilon thyrsodendron|A. thyrsodendron]]'' <small>[[Griseb.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon trisulcatum|A. trisulcatum]]'' <small>(Jacq.) [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Millsp.]]</small><ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265–266</ref>
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*''[[Abutilon venosum|A. venosum]]'' <small>[[Lem.]]</small>
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*''[[Abutilon virginianum|A. virginianum]]'' <small>[[Krapov.]]</small> (Virgin Islands Abutilon)
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*''[[Abutilon vitifolium|A. vitifolium]]''
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*''[[Abutilon wrightii|A. wrightii]]'' <small>A. Gray</small>
  
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Hybrids
 
*''[[Abutilon x hybridum]]'' ("Chinese Lantern"; unknown parentage).
 
*''[[Abutilon x hybridum]]'' ("Chinese Lantern"; unknown parentage).
 
*''[[Abutilon x milleri]]'' (''A. megapotamicum'' x ''A. pictum'').
 
*''[[Abutilon x milleri]]'' (''A. megapotamicum'' x ''A. pictum'').
 
*''[[Abutilon x suntense]]'' (''A. ochsenii'' x ''A. vitifolium'').  
 
*''[[Abutilon x suntense]]'' (''A. ochsenii'' x ''A. vitifolium'').  
  
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===Cultivation and uses===
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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.
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Abutilon Index{{SCH}}
  
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''Abutilon x hyb
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*[[Abutilon compactum]]
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ridum'' 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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*[[Abutilon Darwinii]]
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*[[Abutilon floribundum]]
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Sow seed indoors in late winter and set out seedling plants after last frost date.
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*[[Abutilon grandiflorum]]
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*[[Abutilon Hildebrandii]]
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*[[Abutilon hybridum]]
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*[[Abutilon igneum]]
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*[[Abutilon insigne]]
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*[[Abutilon longicuspe]]
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*[[Abutilon marmoratum]]
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*[[Abutilon megapotamicum]]
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*[[Abutilon pictum]]
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*[[Abutilon pleniflorum]]
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*[[Abutilon Savitzii]]
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*[[Abutilon Selloanum]]
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*[[Abutilon Sellovianum]]
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*[[Abutilon sinense]]
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*[[Abutilon spurium]]
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*[[Abutilon striatum]]
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*[[Abutilon tessellatum]]
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*[[Abutilon Thompsonii]]
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*[[Abutilon venosum]]
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*[[Abutilon vexillarium]]
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*[[Abutilon vitifolium]]
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==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Image:Abutilonincanum1.jpg|''Abutilon incanum'' (Hoary Abutilon)
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Image:Abutilonincanum1.jpg|''A. incanum'' (Hoary Abutilon)
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Image:Abutilon megapotamicum11.jpg|Flower of the ''Abutilon megapotamicum''
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Image:Abutilon megapotamicum11.jpg|Flower of ''A. megapotamicum''
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Image:Abutilonmenziesii1.jpg|''Abutilon menziesii'' (Kooloaula)
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Image:Abutilonmenziesii1.jpg|''A. menziesii'' (Kooloaula)
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Image:Abutilonmenziesii2web.jpg|''Abutilon menziesii'' flowers
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Image:Abutilonmenziesii2web.jpg|''A. menziesii'' flowers
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Image:Abutilonpictum1web.jpg|''Abutilon pictum''
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Image:Abutilonpictum1web.jpg|''A. pictum''
 
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*{{wplink}}
  
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Abutilon megapotamicum


Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial, annual
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Water: ◍ moist, moderate
Features: ✓ evergreen, flowers, fragrance, naturalizes
Sunset Zones: 8, 9, 12-27
Scientific Names

Malvaceae >

Abutilon >


Abutilon is a large genus of about 150 species of broadleaf evergreens in the mallow family (Malvaceae),. The genus includes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and small trees ranging from 1-10 m tall. Leaves are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes. The flowers are conspicuous, have five petals, and come mostly in red, pink, orange, yellow or white.

Common names include Abutilon, Chinese Bell Flower, Chinese Lantern, Mallow, Indian Mallow, and Flowering Maple. The names with maple refer to the maple-like leaves of some species, though the genus is not related to true maples).


Read about Abutilon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Abutilon (name of Arabic origin for a malvaceous plant). Malvaceae. Flowering Maple. Attractive coolhouse shrubs and window-plants, and some kinds used for bedding. Sometimes called Chinese Bellflower.

Leaves long-stalked, often maple-like: fls. mostly pendulous, with naked 5-cleft calyx, 5 separate obovate petals, many stamens united in a column about the many-branched style, the anthers borne at the top of the column: fr. a collection or aggregate of 2-valved often beaked carpels that are deciduous from the central axis at maturity.—Natives of warm regions in both hemispheres, comprising herbs, shrubs and trees; about 80 species.

The abutilons oftenest seen in American gardens and conservatories are apparently hybrids and derivatives of pure species. The colors are mostly yellow, white and pink, with attractive veining. Well-known forms are: Arthur Belsham, red, shaded gold. Boule de Neige, pure white, very free. California, a group of free bloomers. Eclipse, foliage marbled green, and yellow fls. of fair size; sepals scarlet; petals orange-buff; suited for baskets and vases; a form of A. megapotamicum (another Eclipse is known). Erecta, pink, orange-veined, erect fls. Golden Bell, deep yellow, free-flowering. Golden Fleece, pure yellow, free-flowering. Royal Scarlet, rich, shining scarlet. Santana, deep red. Savitzii, dwarf, with white-edged foliage; useful for bedding. Snowstorm, semi-dwarf, pure white. Souvenir de Bonn, lvs. large, deep green, not mottled, but edged with a broad white margin; distinct and striking; a useful bedding plant. Splendens, bright red.CH


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Cultivation

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.

The cultivation of abutilons is simple, under conditions suitable for the growing of geraniums and fuchsias. Some of the forms are grown primarily for bloom, and they are practically continuous-flowering when well handled; the variegated-leaved forms are grown for foliage and used more or less for bedding-out. Abutilons make good pot-plants if kept within bounds by pinching back so that they will branch. A. megapotamicum and some others are useful for baskets and vases. The showy A. insigne is an excellent rafter-plant.CH

Propagation

Propagation is by cuttings or seeds. Cuttings may be made in spring of new wood from old plants that have been cut back, or they may be taken in fall; as the abutilon is active practically all the year, the cuttings may be taken almost at will. Seeds grow readily; if started in March, blooming plants should be had by fall. Bedding material is raised from early-Struck cuttings.CH

Pests and diseases

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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.

Species

Specieswp

Hybrids


Read about Abutilon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Abutilon IndexCH


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Gallery

  • A. incanum (Hoary Abutilon)

  • Flower of A. megapotamicum

  • A. menziesii (Kooloaula)

  • A. menziesii flowers

  • A. pictum

References

External links


  1. ↑ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265
  2. ↑ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265
  3. ↑ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 266
  4. ↑ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265
  5. ↑ Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265–266
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