AusTraits

Sida cunninghamii

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Sida cunninghamii C.T.White

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sida corrugata var. ovata Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida corrugata var. pedunculata J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida pedunculata (J.M.Black) A.Cunn. ex J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida pedunculata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sida sp. (Mariala C.Sandercoe 600) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Crowley_2007 (2), Dong_2017 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Leishman_1992 (7), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (2), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (6), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (13), Soliveres_2012 (3), Vesk_2004 (13), Vesk_2019 (103), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (13). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 70 traits from 244 records in 24 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 (5) [sources: Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; Vesk_2004; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (3); schizocarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 297.3 mm2 (127.6-467 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 41.25 mm (10-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.1 mm (5-40 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 20 mg (20-20 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 144.88 g/m2 (114.29-156.25 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Fonseca_2000; Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.25-0.29 g/g) [sources: Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblong (1); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); obtuse (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7); shrub (2); subshrub (5) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; Vesk_2004; Vesk_2019; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Leishman_1992; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (4); spreading (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); epizoochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 32.08 mg/g (27.51-36.65 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.9 {delta}[ppth] (-28.02--23.77 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.88 mg (0.88-0.88 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.58 mm (4.58-4.58 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5.07 mm (5.07-5.07 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Vesk_20193103P. A. Vesk and J. D. L. Yen. “Plant resprouting: How many sprouts and how deep? Flexible modelling of multispecies experimental disturbances.”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 41 (2019), p. 125497. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2019.125497.
White_20202121M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Dong_2017815N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
NHNSW_20231014N. 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_2023913S. 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/.
Vesk_2004513P. A. Vesk, M. R. Leishman, and M. Westoby. “Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands”. Journal of Applied Ecology 41.1 (2004), pp. 22-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00857.x.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221313L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
NTH_202366D. 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/.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Fonseca_200055C. 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.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
Soliveres_201233S. 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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201422B. 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.
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.
SAH_202222S. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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.