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Taxon: Abutilon megapotamicum (A. Spreng.) A. St.-Hil. & Naudin

Genus: Abutilon
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Malvoideae tribe: Malveae.
Nomen number: 751
Place of publication: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 18:49. 1842
Name verified on: 23-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jun-2009
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • chapéu-de-cardeal   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • lantana-japonêsa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • lanterna-chinesa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • sininho   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • trailing abutilon   (Source: Dict Gard )
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Distributional range:

  • probable origin Brazil

References:

  • Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Anal Sao Paulo)
  • Camargo, L. A. G. 1970–. Catalogo ilustrado de las plantas de Cundinamarca (Colombia). (F Cundin)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Kearney, T. H. 1955. Leafl. W. Bot. 7:201.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Abutilon megapotamicum (A. Spreng.) A. St.-Hil. & Naudin:

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?751 (21 November 2009)

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