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Species of flowering plant
Abutilon × hybridum cultivar '
Patrick Synge '
Abutilon × hybridum is a species name used for a wide variety of different types flowering plants of uncertain origin in the genus
Abutilon .
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[3] Because of the uncertainty surrounding the name, they are often considered a cultivar group: Abutilon x Hybridum Group or Abutilon Hybridum Group . They are cultigens, not occurring in the wild.
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[5] As with the larger genus Abutilon generally, they have been referred to by the common names Chinese lantern ,
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[7] and parlour maple .
Description
No reliable source has settled the question of parentage for these plants, and they have been variously said to perhaps derive from the species
Abutilon theophrasti ,
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A. striatum ,
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A. darwinii ,
[9]
A. pictum ,
[9] or any of the South American species.
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Descriptions vary widely; some sources have described them as short as
"1 to 2 ½' tall", while others list them as reaching 15' in height.
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References
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ISBN
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The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-Of-Doors and Under Glass . Cambridge University Press. p. 72.
ISBN
978-0-521-76160-4 .
^ Winterrowd, Wayne; Woodyard, Cynthia (2004).
Annuals and tender plants for North American gardens . Random House. p. 7.
ISBN
978-0-679-45736-7 .
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b Sheat, Bill; Schofield, Gerald (1995).
Complete Gardening in Southern Africa . Struik. p. 23.
ISBN
978-1-86825-704-1 .
^ Mabberley, D. J. (1997).
The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants . Cambridge University Press. p.
2 .
ISBN
978-0-521-41421-0 . Retrieved 8 October 2016 .
^ Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z. (1976).
Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada . the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. New York: Macmillan.
ISBN
978-0-02-505470-7 .
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"Abutilon ×hybridum " .
Germplasm Resources Information Network .
Agricultural Research Service ,
United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 16 January 2018 .
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b Armitage, Allan M. (2004).
Armitage's garden annuals: a color encyclopedia . Timber Press. p. 14.
ISBN
978-0-88192-617-0 .
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a
b Erhardt, Walter; Götz, Erich; Coombes, Allen J. (2009).
The Timber Press dictionary of plant names . Timber Press. p.
61 .
ISBN
978-1-60469-115-3 .
^ Burke, Don (2005).
The Complete Burke's Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets . Murdoch Books. p. 75.
ISBN
978-1-74045-739-2 .
^ Tenenbaum, Frances (2003).
Taylor's encyclopedia of garden plants . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 3.
ISBN
978-0-618-22644-3 .