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Hibiscus divaricatus

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Hibiscus divaricatus Graham

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Abelmoschus divaricatus (Graham) Walp. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hibiscus divaricatus Graham var. divaricatus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hibiscus divaricatus var. genuinus Hochr. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hibiscus divaricatus var. luteus Hochr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibiscus heterophyllus subsp. luteus (Hochr.) F.D.Wilson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibiscus magnificus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibiscus radiatus var. luteus Hochr. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), Cooper_2013 (11), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 61 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 17.25 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14 mm (13-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 96.25 mm (35-155 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 43.75 mm (15-105 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.2 cm (1.2-1.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.13 mg (10.13-10.13 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4 m (2-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231921Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011913R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
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.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.