What is Abutilon?
{{italictitle}} '''''Abutilon''''' is a [[taxonomy|scientific group]] of [[Botany|plants]]. It a [[genus]] the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Malvaceae]]. ''Abutilon'' has about 150 [[species]] of [[evergreen]] [[Plant|plants]] in it. The genus includes [[Annual plant|plants that die every year]] [[Perennial|plants that grow back every year]], [[Shrub|shrubs]], and [[Tree|trees]] of approximately 1 to 10 meters. They grow in the [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[Subtropics|subtropical]] areas of all [[Continent|continents]]. == Appearance == The Abutilon flowers have five petals that can be [[red]], [[pink]], [[orange]], [[yellow]] and [[white]], sometimes called princess earrings. Some shrub representatives provide textile fibers. [[File:Abutilon pictum in Brussels.jpg|thumb]] [[File:Abutilon theophrasti RF.jpg|thumb]] [[File:Abutilon megapotamicum2.jpg|thumb]] == Main species == * ''[[Abutilon albescens]]'' . Endemic in [[Indonesia]] . * ''[[Abutilon auritum]]'' (Asian Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon bedfordianum]]'' (Bedford's Mallow). [[Brazil]] . * ''[[Abutilon berlandieri]]'' (Berlandier's Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon darwinii]]'' (Darwin's Mallow). Brazil. * ''[[Abutilon eremitopetalum]]'' (Hiddenpetal Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon fruticosum]]'' (Texas Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon grandifolium]]'' (Hairy Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon hirtum]]'' (Hairy Indian Mallow). Old World tropics; naturalized in New World tropics. * ''[[Abutilon hulseanum]]'' . * ''[[Abutilon hyoleucum]]'' (Whiteleaf Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon incanum]]'' (Hoary Abutilon, Pelotazo). * ''[[Abutilon indicum]]'' . Tropics of the Old World * ''[[Abuliton insigne]]'' . [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] . * ''[[Abutilon leonardi]]'' (Woolly Abutilon). * ''[[Abutilon malacum]]'' (Yellow Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon megapotamicum]]'' (Trailing Abutilon). Brazil. * ''[[Abutilon menziesii]]'' (Ko'oloa'ula). [[Hawaii]] . * ''[[Abutilon mollicomum]]'' (Sonoran Indian Mallow). * ''[[Abutilon mollissimum]]'' . South America. * ''[[Abutilon ochsen