Strobilanthes alternata
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Family Acanthaceae
Taxonomy: Strobilanthes alternata (Burm.f.) Moylan ex J.R.I.Wood
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T.Anderson (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hemigraphis colorata (Blume) Hallier f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ruellia alternata Burm.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Ruellia colorata Blume (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hemigraphis reptans (G.Forst.) T.Anderson ex Hemsl. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NT (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Cooper_2013 (3), NTH_2022 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 5 traits from 10 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.
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); sprawling (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 3 | 3 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| ATRP_2020 | 2 | 2 | F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html. |
| NTH_2022 | 2 | 2 | D. 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |