Commicarpus insularum
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Family Nyctaginaceae
Taxonomy: Commicarpus insularum Meikle
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Boerhavia repanda Willd. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld, CSI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (17), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 27 records in 6 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): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (2.5-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); creeping (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 17 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| ABRS_2022 | 2 | 2 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Schmidt_1993 | 1 | 1 | S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |