Taxon: Abutilon theophrasti Medik.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CO*°, IA*°, KS°, MI*°, NC°, NH°, OR*, RI°, VT°, WA*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• abutilon-hemp   (Source: Econ Bot 38:409.) – English
  
• American-jute   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• butterprint   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• China-jute   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Chingma-lantern   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Indian-mallow   (Source: Econ Bot 38:409.) – English
  
• swamp Chinese-lantern   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Tientsin-jute   (Source: Econ Bot 38:409.) – English
  
• velvetleaf   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• velvetweed   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• chinesische Jute   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• chinesische Samtpappel   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• chinesischer Hanf   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• ichibi   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• falsa-juta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• lindmalva   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: oil/fat   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide Econ Bot 38:409. 1984; P. Fryxell, pers. comm.)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Econ Bot 38:407-416. 1984)
  

More:

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part
  Southeastern Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Montenegro; Romania

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia
• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain
  Europe
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  North America

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iraq
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:166–167.
• Brink, M. & R. P. Escobin, eds. 2003. Fibre plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 17:244.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fryxell, P. A. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• International Development Consortium. Invasive species compendium (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:74.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Spencer, N. R. 1984. Velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti (Malvaceae), history and economic impact in the United States. Econ. Bot. 38:407–416.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Abutilon theophrasti.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Abutilon theophrasti.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Abutilon theophrasti.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Abutilon avicennae Gaertn.
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• (=) Sida abutilon L.
  

Check other web resources for Abutilon theophrasti Medik.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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