Androcalva rossii

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Androcalva rossii (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Commersonia rossii Guymer (nomenclatural synonym)
Commersonia sp. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
Commersonia sp. Blackfellows' Hemp (taxonomic synonym)
Commersonia sp. aff. fraseri (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Commersonia fraseri J.Gay (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 80 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 18 mm (14-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 18 mm (14-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 223.33 mm (50-310 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 175 mm (20-260 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.99 cm (0.45-1.52 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (6) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spindly (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.02 mg (6.02-6.02 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 7 m (4-8 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	13	18	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. 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.
NHNSW_2023	9	13	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.