Abutilon

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Abutilon
Abutilon pictum

Abutilon pictum

Systematics
Eurosiden II
Order : Mallow-like (Malvales)
Family : Mallow family (Malvaceae)
Subfamily : Malvoideae
Tribe : Malveae
Genre : Abutilon
Scientific name
Abutilon
Mill.

Abutilon (often used for some types of German-language common name Abutilon) is a genus within the family of mallow (Malvaceae). The 150 to 200 species thrive mainly in the tropics to subtropics almost worldwide. Numerous varieties of some species are used as ornamental plants .

description

Illustration from Curtis's botanical magazine , panel 2759 of the large-leaved mallow ( Abutilon grandifolium )
still unripe fruit of the velvet poplar ( Abutilon theophrasti )
The durable sepals are often still present underneath ripe fruits, here at Abutilon palmeri

Vegetative characteristics

Abutilon styles are mostly woody plants : Half bushes , shrubs or small trees . Most of the species come from South America and are evergreen; some species are native to the cooler mountain forests of Chile and are deciduous. The vegetative parts of the plant are hairy.

The alternate leaves are arranged in a petiole and a leaf blade. The leaf blade is simple, rarely lobed ( Abutilon pictum ) and pinnately veined with a heart-shaped base. The leaf margins are notched to serrated. Stipules fall off early.

Generative characteristics

The mostly stalked flowers are arranged individually or in pairs in the leaf axils or in little-flowered inflorescences . There is no secondary chalice.

The hermaphrodite flowers are radially symmetrical and five-fold. The five green, often durable sepals are fused together like a bell. The five mostly yellow to orange, more rarely red (often darker in the center) petals are fused at their base and usually form a bell, rarely a tube ( Abutilon pictum ). With them, the drooping flowers have an inflated calyx over a bell made of five overlapping petals. In the subfamily Malvoideae, the many stamens have grown together to form a tube surrounding the pistil , the so-called Columna . There are five to many carpels are a five- to vielfächerigen ovary grown. There are two to nine ovules per carpel . There are five to many stylus branches.

The split fruits, which are often black when ripe, are almost spherical to hemispherical and usually disintegrate into five or many partial fruits, which have a leathery pericarp . The kidney-shaped seeds are hairy or glabrous or slightly downy.

Large-leaved mallow ( Abutilon grandifolium )
Abutilon indicum leaves and flowers
Abutilon menziesii leaves and flowers
Flower in detail of Abutilon palmeri
Foliage leaves and flowers of Abutilon persicum

Systematics and distribution

The generic name Abutilon was in 1754 by Philip Miller in Gardener's Dictionary ... Abr. , 4th edition first published . A synonym for Abutilon Mill. Is Abortopetalum O.Deg. The genus Abutilon belongs to the tribe Malveae in the subfamily Malvoideae within the Malvaceae family .

The genus Abutilon includes 150 to 200 species (selection):

No longer belongs to the genus Abutilon since 2012:

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  • Ya Tang, Michael G. Gilbert, Laurence J. Dorr: Abutilon. In Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China . Volume 12: Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2007, ISBN 978-1-930723-64-1 , pp. 275 (English). , PDF file , online. (Sections Description and Distribution)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g Ya Tang, Michael G. Gilbert, Laurence J. Dorr: Malvaceae. : Abutilon , pp. 275-277 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (ed.): Flora of China. Volume 12: Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2007, ISBN 978-1-930723-64-1 .
  2. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Abutilon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
  3. ^ AA Donnell et al .: Callianthe (Malvaceae): A new genus of Neotropical Malveae. In: Systematic Botany , Volume 37, 2012, pp. 712-722.

Web links

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