Abutilon Mill.

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana

Native to:

Afghanistan, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Howland-Baker Is., India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kirgizstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Chagos Archipelago, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, East Aegean Is., Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Tennessee, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
• Takeuchi, C. & Lopes Esteves, G. (2012). Synopsis of Abutilon (Malvoideae, Malvaceae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Phytotaxa 44: 39-57.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• —F.T.A. 1: 183.

Flora Zambesiaca

• Gard. Dict. Abridg. ed. 4 (1754).

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Adans., Fam. 2: 398 (1763)
• Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7: 24 (1902)
• Boll. Ort. Soc. Palermo N.S. 1: 71–102 (1915)
• Gardn. Dict. abr. ed. 4 (1754)
• J. Bot. 31: 71–76, 267–272, 334–338, 361 (1893)
• Lundellia 5: 79–118 (2002)
• V.E. 3 (2): 370–374 (1921)