Abutilon Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana

Native to:

Afghanistan, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Howland-Baker Is., India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kirgizstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Chagos Archipelago, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, East Aegean Is., Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Tennessee, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Takeuchi, C. & Lopes Esteves, G. (2012). Synopsis of Abutilon (Malvoideae, Malvaceae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Phytotaxa 44: 39-57.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 183.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gard. Dict. Abridg. ed. 4 (1754).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Adans., Fam. 2: 398 (1763)
  • Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7: 24 (1902)
  • Boll. Ort. Soc. Palermo N.S. 1: 71–102 (1915)
  • Gardn. Dict. abr. ed. 4 (1754)
  • J. Bot. 31: 71–76, 267–272, 334–338, 361 (1893)
  • Lundellia 5: 79–118 (2002)
  • V.E. 3 (2): 370–374 (1921)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2008 Barbon, E.B., et al. [8883] Philippines K000224950 No
Dec 1, 2007 Festo; Luke [2388] Kenya K000449440 No
Jan 1, 1958 unknown [4944] K000240583 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1914 Wight [191] K000659535 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1851 Berthelot, S. [s.n.] K000240405 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1834 K000240407 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coulleri, J.P.; Ferrucci, M.S.; Dematteis, M.; Urdampilleta, J.D. [511] Argentina K001532919 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4838] Brazil K001217342 Yes
Chautems, A. [28] Brazil K001217388 Yes
Buzato, S. [26299] Brazil K001217392 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000201180 Yes
Roxburgh [s.n.] India K000659536 Type Yes
Rusby, H.H. [737] Bolivia K000328758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rambo, B. [42412] Brazil K001217383 Yes
Satabie, B. [195] Cameroon K000105324 No
K000328676 Unknown Type Material Yes
Klug, G. [3887] Peru K000328756 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000240406 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K001217379 Yes
Dusén, P. [16975] Brazil K001217385 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [15722] Mexico K001134024 No
Robert, A. [480/b] Brazil K001217382 Yes
Burchell [6187] Brazil K001217389 Yes
K000328674 Type Yes
Fraga, C.N. [2558] Brazil K001217380 Yes
Headley, P.M. [207] Ethiopia K:SPC-06049.066 No
Mathew, B. [6722] Kenya K:SPC-06049.214 No
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K000659609 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mynssen, C.M. [1001] Brazil K001217387 Yes
Buzato, S.; Sazima, M. [27198] Brazil K001217394 Yes
Eggers, H. [14917] Ecuador K000328753 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miguel Bang [1980] Bolivia K001485944 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9934] Mexico K001134026 No
Lobb [s.n.] Brazil K001217395 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [18136] Brazil K000328737 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [10063] Brazil K001217391 Yes
K000328677 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.] Brazil K000328735 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buzato, S. [27026] Brazil K001217393 Yes
Glaziou, A. [14504] Brazil K001217384 Yes
K000328675 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buzato, S. [27025] Brazil K001217390 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000201181 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001217381 Yes
Dalzell, N. [8] India K000659534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K000659608 Unknown Type Material Yes
Langlassé, E. [742] Mexico K001134025 No
Andersson, N.J. [178] Ecuador K000328748 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 22, 2007 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [21823] Bolivia Bastardia K000323739 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13552] Brazil Bastardia K001214945 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [12449] Brazil Bastardia K001214947 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [9167] Brazil Bastardia K001214944 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [5648] Brazil Bastardia K001214946 Yes

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    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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