Cosmos caudatus
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Cosmos caudatus Kunth
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bidens artemisiaefolia var. caudata (Kunth) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), Cooper_2013 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 36 records in 5 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_length (numerical): 19.25 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (40-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 48 mm (2-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (1-7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyynnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.98 m (0.2-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 21 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 9 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |