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Taxon: Abutilon theophrasti Medik.

Genus: Abutilon
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Malvoideae tribe: Malveae.
Nomen number: 757
Place of publication: Malvenfam. 28. 1787
Name verified on: 21-Feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-Apr-1999
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 50 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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 Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • abutilon-hemp   (Source: Econ Bot 38:409.) – English
  • butterprint   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • China-jute   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • Indian-mallow   (Source: Econ Bot 38:409.) – 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
  • chinesischer Hanf   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • Samtpappel   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • ichibi   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • falsa-juta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
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Economic importance:

  • Materials: fiber   (fide Econ Bot 38:409. 1984; P. Fryxell, pers. comm.)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Econ Bot 38:407-416. 1984)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • 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; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:166–167.
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • 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. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Spencer, N. R. 1984. Econ. Bot. 38:407–416.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Abutilon theophrasti Medik.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • 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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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?757 (09 February 2010)

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