AusTraits

Hibiscus reflexus

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Hibiscus reflexus Craven, F.D.Wilson & Fryxell

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hibiscus sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibiscus sp. A Kimberley Flora (E.A.Chestfield 310) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (23), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (7), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 43 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 19 mm (16-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (50-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 57.5 mm (40-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1); reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (1-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231823Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_247Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
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.
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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.