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Abutilon

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Abutilon Template:IPAc-en<ref>Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. 606–07.</ref> is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.<ref name="Nomenclator">Template:Cite journal</ref> It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics<ref name=china>Abutilon. Flora of China.</ref> of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> General common names include Indian mallow<ref name=itis>Abutilon. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).</ref> and velvetleaf;<ref>Genus: Abutilon Mill. Template:Webarchive Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).</ref> ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word<ref>Template:OED</ref> that came from the Arabic Template:Transliteration ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}
Transcribed as abū-taylūn in the Plant Index. The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd edition) gives ūbūṭīlūn</ref> the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911: written aubūtīlūn in both Britannica and the OED.</ref>

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.

DescriptionEdit

Plants of this genus include herbs, shrubs, and trees.<ref name=china/> They range in height from about Template:Convert.<ref name="Hildyard">Template:Cite book</ref> The herbage is generally hairy to woolly or bristly.<ref name=jeps>Abutilon. The Jepson eFlora 2013.</ref> 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,<ref name=china/> 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.<ref name=china/><ref name=jeps/>

SpeciesEdit

There are about 200 species in the genus.<ref name=china/><ref name=jeps/> Plants of the World Online accepts 177 species.<ref name = powo/>

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HybridsEdit

Formerly placed hereEdit

CultivationEdit

Some abutilons are cultivated as garden plants. Several hybrids and cultivars have been developed.

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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 Template:Convert. 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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