Painted abutilon (Callianthe striata)

Painted abutilon (Callianthe striata) is a species of plant in the Malvaceae, a shrub or small tree, up to 5 meters high, leaves with a tinge of green and yellow, up to 20 cm long, up to 17 cm wide, 3-5 lobes, toothed margins, 15 cm long stalk and cylindrical in shape.

C. striata has bell-shaped flowers, yellow to orange and red with prominent dark red veins, 5 petals 2-4 cm long. Flowers have stalks up to 12 cm long. This species grows in forests, roadsides, abandoned lands and so on.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Callianthe Donnell in Syst. Bot. 37: 718 (2012)
Species: Callianthe striata (G.F.Dicks. ex Lindl.) Donnell in Syst. Bot. 37: 720 (2012)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Abutilon striatum G.F.Dicks. ex Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 39 (1839)
Sida striata (G.F.Dicks. ex Lindl.) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 4: 852 (1846)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Abutilon pleniflorum N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 48: 428 (1910)
Abutilon pseudostriatum Hochr. in Pl. Bogor. Exs.: 24 (1904)
Abutilon thompsonii J.H.Veitch in Cat. New Beaut. Pl. 1868: 14 (1868)

PUBLICATIONS

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Painted abutilon
Indonesian: Kalianti
Java: Kalianti
Portuguese: Lanterna-chinesa
Russian: Канатник расписной
Slovak: Podslnečník pruhovaný
Swedish: Strim-malva

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