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Fatoua villosa

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Fatoua villosa (Murray) Nakai

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Fatoua pilosa Gaudich. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urtica villosa Murray (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Boehmeria glomerulifera Miq. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), ATRP_2020 (1), Chen_2017 (4), Crowley_2007 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (24). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 107 records in 18 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 56 mm (8-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35.67 mm (6-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.28 cm (0.2-6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (3); triangular (2); widely_ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (3); rounded (2); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (3); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NTH_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.75 m (0.1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20221824L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_20231518N. 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/.
ABRS_20231214Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231114D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_201433Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.