AusTraits

Sida corrugata

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Sida corrugata Lindl.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sida corrugata Lindl. var. corrugata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sida corrugata var. angustifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida corrugata var. augustifolia A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida corrugata var. orbicularis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida humillima F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida interstans F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (6), Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (13), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (1), Lunt_2012 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Pickup_2021 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (12), SAH_2023 (26), Soliveres_2012 (2), WAH_1998 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (101). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 229 records in 22 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 (4); resprouts (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.88 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.88 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (3); schizocarp (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 136.91 mm2 (56.2-293.86 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 20.4 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 13.79 mm (4-30 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 14.1 mg (5-22 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.18 cm (0.13-0.23 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 118.17 g/m2 (65.44-178.57 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.25-0.25 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); narrowly_oblong (1); narrowly_ovate (3); orbicular (4); ovate (2); widely_obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (3); rounded (4); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (15); shrub (1); subshrub (2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: Cheal_2017; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); semi_woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (3); prostrate (6); spreading (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (6) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1); epizoochory (1); zoochory (6) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (5); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (5) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.62 mg (2.39-6.01 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Lunt_2012]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_202021101M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231026S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
Fonseca_2000513C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
SAH_2022412S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
Cheal_201744D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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_202133M. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Soliveres_201222S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
WAH_199822Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lunt_201211I. Lunt and J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from various Morgan and Lunt projects 1990-2012, Charles Sturt & La Trobe University”. 2012.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.