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Abutilon guineense

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Identification
Abutilon guineense (Schumach. and Thonn.) Bak. f. and Exell. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Sida guineensis Schumach. and Thonn. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Abutilon asiaticum Don. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Abutilon hirsutum (Lam.) G. Don [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by A. Sk.,
Related name
  • Abutilon forrestii
  • Abutilon indicum
  • Sida asiatica
  • Abutilon asiaticum
  • Sida guineensis
  • Abutilon guineense
  • Abutilon angulatum
  • Sida indica
  • Abutilon blepharocarpum
  • Abutilon hirsutum

Flora

Entry for ABUTILON guineense (Schumach.) Bak. f. & Exell [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ABUTILON guineense (Schumach.) Bak. f. & Exell [family MALVACEAE], (1936);
Sida guineensis Schumach. [family MALVACEAE], (1829). [type as above]
ABUTILON agnesae Borzi [family MALVACEAE], (1911);. type: Macaluso 117 bis (PAL holo., not found).
ABUTILON blepharocarpum Mattei [family MALVACEAE], (1915);. types: S2, “Merca”, Macaluso 45 bis (PAL syn.), S3, “Giamama”, Scassellati 132/15 (FT syn.).
ABUTILON densevillosum Mattei [family MALVACEAE], (1915);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Macaluso 39 (PAL holo.).
Information
Herb or subshrub, up to c. 1.5 m tall, with a ± yellowish dense indumentum. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, up to c. 8 x 8 cm, cordate at the base, with shallowly crenate or dentate margins, stellate-pubescent and ± rough above, softly tomentose beneath. Flowers in upper leaf axils; pedicels up to 8 cm long. Calyx 12–19 mm long, ultimately equalling or exceeding the ripe fruit. Petals c. 18 mm long, yellow. Staminal column glabrous or with tufts of stellate hairs at the line of fusion with the petals. Mericarps c. 20–26, (2–)3-seeded, densely hairy, 12–14 x 5–6 mm, dosal corner with a triangular-acuminate point ending in a short awn. Seeds c. 2.5–3 mm long, glabrous, often minutely rugulose-verrucose.
Range
S1–3 widespread in tropical Africa and in Madagascar.
Altitude range
c. 50–400 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gorini 456 bis; Bizi 43; Suckert 117.

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