Abutilon fraseri subsp. fraseri

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Abutilon fraseri (Hook.) Walp. subsp. fraseri

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Abutilon fraseri (Hook.) Walp. var. fraseri (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Dong_2017 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 49 records in 9 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 102.28 g/m2 (102.28-102.28 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (3); subshrub (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 29.45 mg/g (29.45-29.45 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.52 {delta}[ppth] (-26.52--26.52 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	8	10	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Dong_2017	8	8	N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
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/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Wenk_2023_2	1	1	E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.