| Abutilon | |
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| Abutilon theophrasti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Malveae |
| Genus: | Abutilon Mill.[1] |
| Species | |
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about 200, see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Abutilon /əˈbjuːtɪlɒn/[3] is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.[4] It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics[5] of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.[6] General common names include Indian mallow[7] and velvetleaf;[8] ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word[9] that came from the Arabic ’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون),[10] the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.[11]
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.
- ^ "Abutilon Mill". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ Abutilon Mill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. 606–07.
- ^ Fryxell, Paul (November 2002). "An Abutilon nomenclator (Malvaceae)" (PDF) (5): 79–118.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Abutilon. Flora of China.
- ^ Esteves, G. L.; Krapovickas, A. (2002). "New Species of Abutilon (Malvaceae) from Sao Paulo State, Brazil". Kew Bulletin. 57 (2): 479. Bibcode:2002KewBu..57..479E. doi:10.2307/4111131. JSTOR 4111131.
- ^ Abutilon. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ Genus: Abutilon Mill. Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- ^ "abutilon". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Porcher, Michel H. (2006). "Sorting plant names: Arabic index". Multilingual, Multiscript Plant Name Database. University of Melbourne.
Transcribed as abū-taylūn in the Plant Index. The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd edition) gives ūbūṭīlūn - ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.: written aubūtīlūn in both Britannica and the OED.