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4983.000 Abutilon
Description of the genus
Biennial to perennial herbs or shrubs, usually with stellate hairs. Leaves petiolate, usually ± ovate with a cordate base. Flowers yellow, orange or apricot, usually opening in the afternoon. Epicalyx 0. Fruit of (5-)10-c.40 mericarps arranged round a central axis; (1-)2-3(-9)seeded. Not an easy genus to name. As in Sida it is ± essential to have ripe mericarps. Derivation of name: Arabic vernacular name for a species of this genus Worldwide: Over 100 species in tropical and warm zones Zimbabwe: 17 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. macrophyllum (Baker f.) Hochr. | E | |
| austro-africanum Hochr. | W,S | |
| englerianum Ulbr. | N,C,S | Description |
| fruticosum Guill. & Perr. | S | |
| grandiflorum G. Don | E,S | Description, Image |
| hirtum (Lam.) Sweet | N,S | |
| indicum (L.) Sweet subsp. guineense (Schumach.) Borss.Waalk. | W,S | Description, Image |
| lauraster Hochr. | N,S | Description, Image |
| longicuspe Hochst. ex A. Rich. | E | Description, Image |
| mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pycnodon Hochr. | W,C,S | |
| ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| rehmannii Baker f. | S | |
| sonneratianum (Cav.) Sweet | C,E,S | |
| sp.no.1 (Drummond 7842) | S | |
| sp.no.2 (Phipps 1309) | N |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Abutilon
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AbutilonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Abutilon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Abutilon
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Abutilon
JSTOR Plant Science: Abutilon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Abutilon
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Tropicos: Abutilon
Wikipedia: Abutilon
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