AusTraits

Abutilon sp. Mataranka (R.M.Barker 877)

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Abutilon sp. Mataranka (R.M.Barker 877) R.M.Barker

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Abutilon D37573 Mataranka (taxonomic synonym)
  • Abutilon sp. (Mataranka) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Abutilon sp. aff. A. subviscosum (taxonomic synonym)
  • Abutilon sp. viscid (K.M.Manning 16/June/87) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (13), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (25), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 59 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.62 mm (5-17 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); mericarp (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 76.25 mm (30-110 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 60 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (1-9 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nynnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.58 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.57 m (0.7-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231625D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011913R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200622A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.