Abutilon
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/* Species */ A. avicennae is a synonym of A. theophrastii
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Abutilon''
| image = Abutilonmegapotamicum1web.jpg
| image_caption = ''Abutilon megapotamicum''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Abutilon'''''
| genus_authority = [[Mill.]]
}}
'''''Abutilon''''' is a large [[genus]] of approximately 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 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.
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).
''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]]''.
==Species==
*''[[Abutilon abutiloides|A. abutiloides]]'' <small>([[Jacq.]]) [[Garcke]]</small> (Bushy Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265</ref>
*''[[Abutilon albescens|A. albescens]]'' <small>[[Miq.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon auritum|A. auritum]]'' <small>([[Wall.]] ex [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]) [[Robert Sweet (botanist)|Sweet]]</small> (Asian Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon bedfordianum|A. bedfordianum]]'' <small>([[Hook.]]) [[A. St.-Hil.]]</small> (Bedford's Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon berlandieri|A. berlandieri]]'' <small>[[Samuel Frederick Gray|Gray]] ex [[S. Watson]]</small> (Berlandier's Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon bidentatum|A. bidentatum]]'' <small>[[A. Rich.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon buchii|A. buchii]]'' <small>[[Urb.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon darwinii|A. darwinii]]'' <small>[[Hook.f.]]</small> (Darwin's Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon eremitopetalum|A. eremitopetalum]]'' <small>[[Edward Leonard Caum|Caum]]</small> (Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon fruticosum|A. fruticosum]]'' <small>[[Guill.]] & [[Perr.]]</small> (Texas Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon giganteum|A. giganteum]]'' <small>(Jacq.) Sweet</small>
*''[[Abutilon grandiflorum|A. grandiflorum]]'' <small>[[G. Don]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon grandifolium|A. grandifolium]]'' <small>([[Willd.]]) Sweet</small> (Hairy Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon hirtum|A. hirtum]]'' <small>([[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]) Sweet</small> (Hairy Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265</ref>
*''[[Abutilon hulseanum|A. hulseanum]]'' <small>[[Torr.]] ex [[A. Gray]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon hypoleucum|A. hypoleucum]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon incanum|A. incanum]]'' <small>(Link) Sweet</small> (Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo)
*''[[Abutilon indicum|A. indicum]]'' <small>([[L.]]) Sweet</small> (Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon insigne|A. insigne]]'' <small>[[Planch.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon julianae|A. julianae]]'' <small>[[Endl.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon leonardi|A. leonardi]]'' <small>Urb.</small> (Woolly Abutilon)
*''[[Abutilon leucopetalum|A. leucopetalum]]'' <small>([[F. Muell.]]) F. Muell. ex [[Benth.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon longicuspe|A. longicuspe]]'' <small>[[Hochst.]] ex A. Rich.</small>
*''[[Abutilon malacum|A. malacum]]'' <small>S. Watson</small> (Yellow Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon mauritianum|A. mauritianum]]'' <small>(Jacq.) [[Medik.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon megapotamicum|A. megapotamicum]]'' <small>[[A. St.-Hil.]] & [[Naudin]]</small> (Trailing Abutilon)
*''[[Abutilon menziesii|A. menziesii]]'' <small>[[Seem.]]</small> (Ko'oloa'ula)
*''[[Abutilon mollicomum|A. mollicomum]]'' <small>([[Willd.]]) Sweet</small> (Sonoran Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon mollissimum|A. mollissimum]]''
*''[[Abutilon niveum|A. niveum]]'' <small>[[Griseb.]]</small> (White-flowered Abutilon)
*''[[Abutilon ochsenii|A. ochsenii]]'' <small>[[Phil.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon palmeri|A. palmeri]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Palmer's Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon parishii|A. parishii]]'' <small>A. Watson</small> (Parish's Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon parvulum|A. parvulum]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Dwarf Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon pauciflorum|A. pauciflorum]]'' <small>A. St.-Hil.</small> (Woolly Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 266</ref>
*''[[Abutilon permolle|A. permolle]]'' <small>(Willd.) Sweet</small> (Velvety Abutilon).<ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265</ref>
*''[[Abutilon pictum|A. pictum]]'' <small>([[John Gillies (botanist)|Gillies]] ex Hook.) [[Walp.]]</small> (Redvein Abutilon, Red Vein Indian Mallow; syn. ''A. striatum'')
*''[[Abutilon purpurascens|A. purpurascens]]'' <small>(Link) [[K. Schum.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon reflexum|A. reflexum]]'' <small>([[Juss.]] ex [[Cav.]]) Sweet</small>
*''[[Abutilon ramiflorum|A. ramiflorum]]'' <small>A. St.-Hil.</small>
*''[[Abutilon reventum|A. reventum]]'' <small>S. Watson</small> (Yellowflower Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon sachetianum|A. sachetianum]]'' <small>[[Fosberg]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon sandwicense|A. sandwicense]]'' <small>([[O. Deg.]]) [[Christoph.]]</small> (Greenflower Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon sellowianum|A. sellowianum]]'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]]) [[Eduard von Regel|Regel]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon theophrasti|A. theophrasti]]'' <small>Medik.</small> (Velvetleaf, Indian Mallow, Butterweed)
*''[[Abutilon thurberi|A. thurberi]]'' <small>A. Gray</small> (Thurber's Indian Mallow)
*''[[Abutilon thyrsodendron|A. thyrsodendron]]'' <small>[[Griseb.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon trisulcatum|A. trisulcatum]]'' <small>(Jacq.) [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Millsp.]]</small><ref>Britton & Millspaugh, p. 265–266</ref>
*''[[Abutilon venosum|A. venosum]]'' <small>[[Lem.]]</small>
*''[[Abutilon virginianum|A. virginianum]]'' <small>[[Krapov.]]</small> (Virgin Islands Abutilon)
*''[[Abutilon vitifolium|A. vitifolium]]''
*''[[Abutilon wrightii|A. wrightii]]'' <small>A. Gray</small>
==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==
<gallery>
Image:Abutilonincanum1.jpg|''A. incanum'' (Hoary Abutilon)
Image:Abutilon megapotamicum11.jpg|Flower of ''A. megapotamicum''
Image:Abutilonmenziesii1.jpg|''A. menziesii'' (Kooloaula)
Image:Abutilonmenziesii2web.jpg|''A. menziesii'' flowers
Image:Abutilonpictum1web.jpg|''A. pictum''
</gallery>
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book| last=Britton | first=Nathaniel Lord | authorlink=Nathaniel Lord Britton | coauthors=[[Charles Frederick Millspaugh]] | year=1920 | chapter=Malvaceae | title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=0xhVAAAAMAAJ The Bahama Flora] | pages=264–}}
==See also==
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