Abutilon cryptopetalum

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Abutilon cryptopetalum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Abutilon
Species:
A. cryptopetalum
Binomial name
Abutilon cryptopetalum

Abutilon cryptopetalum is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a small, upright shrub with yellow or cream-white flowers and variable shaped grey-green leaves and grows in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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Description

Abutilon cryptopetalum is an upright, under-story shrub to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high with blue-green soft cobweb like hairs and stems sometimes reddish. The leaves are more or less circular to oval or lance-shaped, 1.5–7 cm (0.59–2.76 in) long, heart-shaped at the base, margins roughly toothed and soft. The corolla is light yellow or cream-white, 10 mm (0.39 in) long, calyx 10 mm (0.39 in) long, lobes small, wide and tapering to a point. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit has about 10 segments, 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) in diameter and 10 mm (0.39 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Sida cryptopetala. [4] [5] In 1863 George Bentham changed the name to Abutilon cryptopetalum from an unpublished name change by Mueller and the description was published in Flora Australiensis . [4] [6] The specific epithet (cryptopetalum) means "hidden petals". [7]

Distribution and habitat

This species grows on sandy gravel, near creeks, plains and rocky loam in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [2] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Abutilon cryptopetalum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell, A.S; Norris, E.H. "Abutilon cryptopetalum". PlantNET-NSW Flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Abutilon cryptopetalum". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Abutilon cryptopetalum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860). "MALVACEAE: sida cryptopetala". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 2 (11): 11.
  6. ↑ Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London. p. 201.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 178. ISBN   9780958034197.
  8. ↑ Hollister and K.R. Thiele, C.; Thiele, K.R. "Abutilon cryptopetalum". Florabase-the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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