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Guizotia abyssinica

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Polymnia abyssinica L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (35). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 74 records in 8 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 97.5 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (2); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (1-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212535J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.