Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus
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Family Malvaceae
Taxonomy: Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus (Span.) Borss.Waalk.
Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Abelmoschus rhodopetalus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus longifolius var. tuberosus Span. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. f. rhodopetalus (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. var. rhodopetalus (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus f. angustisectus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus f. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus var. angustisectus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus rhodopetalus var. chillagoensis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 10 traits from 16 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RussellSmith_2012 | 4 | 4 | J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |