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Acanthus mollis

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Family Acanthaceae

Taxonomy: Acanthus mollis L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 59 records in 8 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): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 533.33 mm (500-600 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 300 mm (300-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 33.33 cm (20-50 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1); rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1); root_tuber (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 14 mm (14-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SAH_20231718S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20241314N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231212VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.