Hibiscus heterophyllus subsp. heterophyllus
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Family Malvaceae
Taxonomy: Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent. subsp. heterophyllus
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hibiscus amaliae Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus fitzgeraldi F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus fitzgeraldii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent. var. heterophyllus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hibiscus heterophyllus var. genuinus Hochr. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hibiscus heterophyllus var. leefei Hochr. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickup_2021 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 31 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 12.55 mg (12.55-12.55 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 9 | N. 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/. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 6 | 7 | B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014. |
| Pickup_2021 | 5 | 5 | M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf. |
| Clarke_2015 | 3 | 3 | P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |