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Tithonia diversifolia

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Cooper_2013 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 56 records in 8 datasets.

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

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.33 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); white (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 155 mm (70-330 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 127.5 mm (70-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (2-6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyynnnnnn (1); nnnyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.75 m (1.5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231216N. 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/.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
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.