English: Velvetleaf

German: Samtpappel

Mandarin: 苘麻 (qing ma)

Portuguese: Malvão

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1684)

      Order: Malvales (61)

        Family: Malvaceae (43) (family description)

          Genus: Abutilon (3)

           Epithet: theophrasti Medik. (1)

Synonyms: Abutilon avicennae Gaertn., Malva abutilon E.H.L. Krause, Sida abutilon L., Sida tiliifolia Fisch.

abutilon => mallow (Malva)-like

theophrasti => commemorates Theophrastus of Eresos (371-287 BC), an Greek philosopher and botanist – often referred to as 'Father of Botany'

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical, tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb, shrub

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Abutilon theophrasti at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [929] Abutilon theophrasti - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [970] Abutilon theophrasti - Plants For A Future
• [1690] Abutilon theophrasti - Flora of China @ efloras.org

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