Abutilon hirtum

Abutilon hirtum

Abutilon hirtum

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. Abutilon
Series: Abutilon ser. Axilliflorae
Species: Abutilon hirtum
Varietates: A. h. var. heterotrichum – A. h. var. hirtum

Name

Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 53 (1826).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sida hirta Lam., Encycl. 1: 7 (1783).
• Homotypic
  • Abutilon indicum var. hirtum (Lam.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 78 (1859).
  • Abutilon graveolens var. hirtum (Lam.) Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 327 (1874), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Abutilon hirtum var. yuanmouense K.M.Feng, Fl. Yunnanica 2: 204 (1979).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria, Niger. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran, Palestine. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan (introduced). Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Thailand, Vietnam. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: South-Central Pacific Marquesas. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida (introduced). Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Peru. 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. : ed. 1: 53.

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abutilon hirtum 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 hirtum. Published online. Accessed: October 14 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Abutilon hirtum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abutilon hirtum. 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 hirtum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

مصرى: برگ‌نمدی
العربية: أبو طيلون أشعث
English: Florida Keys Indian mallow
മലയാളം: ഊരകം
ไทย: ครอบจักรวาล
中文: 毛莔, 巴巴花

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