Commersonia hermanniifolia
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Family Malvaceae
Taxonomy: Commersonia hermanniifolia J.Gay ex Kunth
Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Buettneria hermanniifolia E.M.Ross (nomenclatural synonym)
- Buttneria hermanniaefolia J.Gay (nomenclatural synonym)
- Byttneria hermanniaefolia DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Byttneria hermanniifolia (Gay ex Kunth) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Byttneria hermanniifolia (J.Gay ex Kunth) J.Gay (nomenclatural synonym)
- Commerconia hermanniaefolia F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
- Commersonia hermanniaefolia Kunth (orthographic variant)
- Lasiopetalum dumosum Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. (taxonomic synonym)
- Restiaria hermanniaefolia Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Restiaria hermanniifolia (J.Gay ex Kunth) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Rulingia hermanniaefolia Endl. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Rulingia hermanniifolia (J.Gay ex Kunth) Endl. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Rulingia hermanniifolia (J.Gay ex Kunth) Steetz (nomenclatural synonym)
- Rulingia oblongifolia Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Rulingia cistifolia A.Cunn. ex Steetz (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Collette_2021 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 42 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (4-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.24 cm (0-0.48 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.87 mg (0.8-0.93 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 14 | 19 | 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/. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 8 | 8 | B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014. |
| 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 1 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |