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Sida acuta

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Sida acuta Burm.f.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sida acuta Burm.f. subsp. acuta (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sida acuta subsp. carpinifolia (L.f.) Borss.Waalk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida carpinifolia L.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sida rhombifolia L. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Sida spinosa L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), CoI, ChI, NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NTH_2022 (1), NTH_2023 (20), Nano_2011 (2), Schmidt_2003 (16), WAH_2022_2 (8), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 83 records in 12 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Schmidt_2003]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.12 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2); schizocarp (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 55 mm (10-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.25 mm (4-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.35 cm (0.3-0.4 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.01-0.46 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1); rounded (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (5); subshrub (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 32.5 mg/g (25-40 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.22 {delta}[ppth] (-29.5--26.94 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.6 mm (1.6-1.6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.2 m (1-1.5 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231520D. 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/.
NHNSW_20231217N. 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/.
Schmidt_20031016S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Cooper_201379W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
WAH_2022_248Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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/.
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.
NTH_202211D. 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/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.