Abutilon

Abutilon is a scientific group of plants. It a genus the family Malvaceae. Abutilon has about 150 species of evergreen plants in it. The genus includes plants that die every year plants that grow back every year, shrubs, and trees of approximately 1 to 10 meters. They grow in the tropical and subtropical areas of all continents.

Appearance

The Abutilon flowers have five petals that can be red, pink, orange, yellow and white, sometimes called princess earrings. Some shrub representatives provide textile fibers.

Main species

• Abutilon albescens . Endemic in Indonesia .
• Abutilon auritum (Asian Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon bedfordianum (Bedford's Mallow). Brazil .
• Abutilon berlandieri (Berlandier's Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon darwinii (Darwin's Mallow). Brazil.
• Abutilon eremitopetalum (Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon fruticosum (Texas Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon grandifolium (Hairy Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon hirtum (Hairy Indian Mallow). Old World tropics; naturalized in New World tropics.
• Abutilon hulseanum .
• Abutilon hyoleucum (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon incanum (Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo).
• Abutilon indicum . Tropics of the Old World
• Abuliton insigne . Colombia, Venezuela .
• Abutilon leonardi (Woolly Abutilon).
• Abutilon malacum (Yellow Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon megapotamicum (Trailing Abutilon). Brazil.
• Abutilon menziesii (Ko'oloa'ula). Hawaii .
• Abutilon mollicomum (Sonoran Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon mollissimum . South America.
• Abutilon ochsenii . Chile .
• Abutilon palmeri (Palmer's Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon parishii (Parish's Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon parvulum (Dwarf Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon permolle (Coastal Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon pictum (Redvein Abutilon, Red Vein Indian Mallow; syn. A. striatum ). Brazil.
• Abutilon purpurascens . Brazil.
• Abutilon reventum (Yellowflower Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon sandwicense (Greenflower Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf, Indian Mallow, Butterweed). Tropical Asia.
• Abutilon thurberi (Thurber's Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon trisulcatum (Anglestem Indian Mallow).
• Abutilon venosum . Brazil.
• Abutilon virginianum (Virgin Islands Abutilon). Virgin Islands .
• Abutilon vitifolium . Chile.
• Abutilon wrightii (Wright's Indian Mallow).

Hybrids

• Abutilon x hybridum ("Chinese Lantern"; unknown parentage).
• Abutilon x milleri ( A. megapotamicum x A. pictum ).
• Abutilon x suntense ( A. ochsenii x A. vitifolium ).