Abutilon pakistanicum, Jafri & Ali.

Nimbalkar, Varsha Vilasrao & Sardesai, Milind Madhav, 2025, The Genus Abutilon (Malvaceae: Malvoideae) in India: A Taxonomic Revision and Insights from Micromorphology of Seeds, Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 49 (4), pp. 708-742 : 735

Excluded Species — ABUTILON PAKISTANICUM Jafri & Ali.

Abutilon pakistanicum was first described as A. cornutum by Cooke (1903). Being later homonym, the name Abutilon cornutum was replaced by the new name Abutilon pakistanicum ( Jafri 1966) .

Cooke (1903) described the plant based on Dalzell’ s MS and also cited specimens collected by Dalzell (K, K000659534) from ‘Sind’ and by Perry from ‘Karachi to Muggur peer.’ These localities were part of the Bombay Presidency and are now within Pakistan territory. Meanwhile, Bhandari (1978) reported the occurrence of A. pakistanicum in the Indian desert based on two specimens (BLAT) collected from Jodhpur (5662) and Jaisalmer (5656). A thorough investigation of these specimens led to their identification as A. fruticosum , with determination slips by Hemadri confirming this identification. Furthermore, Paul and Nayar (1988) and Paul (1993) reported the species from North-West Rajasthan, but no specimens were cited. Exploration in Rajasthan and other parts of the study area were in vain. To infer, none of this evidence supports the occurrence of A. pakistanicum in India. Meanwhile, Abedin (1979) stated that A. pakistanicum is endemic to Pakistan and restricted to the Karachi region.