Abutilon indicum

Abutilon indicum

Abutilon indicum

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 indicum
Subspecies: A. i. subsp. albescens – A. i. subsp. indicum

Name

Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 1: 54 (1826).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sida indica L., Cent. Pl. 2: 26 (1756).
• Homotypic
  • Abutilon elongatum Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 205 (1802), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Madeira (introduced). Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Chagos Archipelago, Comoros (introduced), Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iraq (introduced), Palestine. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands (introduced), Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji (introduced), Gilbert Islands, Howland-Baker Islands, Nauru, Niue, Tokelau-Manihiki (introduced), Vanuatu. Regional: South-Central Pacific Line Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands (introduced). Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas, Wake Island (introduced). Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (introduced). Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1826. Sweet’s 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abutilon indicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Abutilon indicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abutilon indicum. Published online. Accessed: 14 Oct 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abutilon indicum. Accessed: 14 Oct 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abutilon indicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

தமிழ்: துத்தி

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