Abutilon giganteum

Abutilon giganteum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Malveae
Genus: Abutilon
Sectio: A. sect. Armata
Species: Abutilon giganteum

Name

Abutilon giganteum (Jacq.) Sweet, 1826

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Sida gigantea Jacq. in Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 8 (1797)
• Heterotypic
  • Abutilon divaricatum var. hintonii Fryxell in Brittonia 32: 265 (1980)
  • Abutilon elatum (Macfad.) Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 79 (1859)
  • Abutilon giganteum var. detonsum Triana & Planch. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 17: 183 (1862)
  • Abutilon mexicanum C.Presl in Reliq. Haenk. 2: 115 (1835)
  • Abutilon pseudogiganteum Steyerm. in Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 362 (1952)
  • Sida bibracteolata D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 4: 856 (1846)
  • Sida elata Macfad. in Fl. Jamaica 1: 87 (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Central Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Peru Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1826. Hortus Britannicus: or a catalogue of plants cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders. 492 pp. in 2 parts, London: J. Ridgway. Part I (pp. 1–240) Part II (pp. 241–492) Reference page. : 53

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abutilon giganteum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abutilon giganteum. Published online. Accessed: October 14 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Abutilon giganteum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abutilon giganteum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 14. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abutilon giganteum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: أبو طيلون عملاق

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