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Pseudabutilon
Abutilon /əˈbjuːtɪlɒn/ 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 New Latin word that came from the Arabic ’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون), the
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
umbrella Indian mallow
speciesPseudabutilon umbellatum
Pseudabutilon virgatum
speciesPseudabutilon virgatum
Pseudabutilon cinereum
speciesPseudabutilon cinereum
Pseudabutilon ellipticum
speciesPseudabutilon ellipticum
Thurber's False Velvetleaf
speciesPseudabutilon thurberi
Pseudabutilon scabrum
speciesPseudabutilon scabrum
Pseudabutilon callimorphum
speciesPseudabutilon callimorphum
Pseudabutilon depauperatum
speciesPseudabutilon depauperatum
Pseudabutilon pedunculatum
speciesPseudabutilon pedunculatum
Pseudabutilon nigripunctulatum
speciesPseudabutilon nigripunctulatum
Pseudabutilon aristulosum
speciesPseudabutilon aristulosum
Pseudabutilon orientale
speciesPseudabutilon orientale
Pseudabutilon cowanii
speciesPseudabutilon cowanii
Pseudabutilon pintoi
speciesPseudabutilon pintoi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 204222.