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Stachytarpheta mutabilis

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Family Verbenaceae

Taxonomy: Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cymburus mutabilis (Jacq.) Salisb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta zuccagni Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Valerianoides mutabilis (Jacq.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Verbena mutabilis Jacq. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Verbena mutabilis Jacq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Zappania mutabilis (Jacq.) Lam. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Cooper_2013 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 33 records in 5 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.25 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (40-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (25-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (0.5-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); obtriangular (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.25 m (2-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231116Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.