Abutilon
Abutilon is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. General common names include Indian mallow and velvetleaf; ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word that came from the Arabic ’abū-ṭīlūn, the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.
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Research Mentions
DNA barcoding untangles the family tree of flowering mallow shrubs
If you grow Abutilon (flowering maple) for its bell-shaped blooms, this research gives breeders a...