Commersonia breviseta — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Commersonia

At a glance

Occurrence records125

Data sources4

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Commersonia breviseta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility125 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF125 records

01Narrative

Commersonia breviseta is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dwarf shrub with densely-hairy, egg-shaped to narrow elliptic leaves that are paler on the lower surface, and flowers with five white sepals with pink edges, five smaller pale yellow petals and dark red stamens.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit width5 mm

Leaf length24 mm

Leaf length max24 mm

Leaf length min8 mm

Leaf width3.75 mm

Leaf width max7.5 mm

Leaf width min1.5 mm

Petiole length0.35 cm

Plant height3 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min1 m

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dehiscencedehiscent

Flowering endNov

Flowering startSep

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Reproductive maturity4 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_elliptical ovate spathulate

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type125 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered114

Origin

Native22

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO248 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 3>10 km 1

8 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 37≤1 km 21≤10 km 26>10 km 5

89 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence114

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	24
Mount Annan, AU	22
Armidale, AU	19
Canberra, AU	18
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	15
Kensington, AU	7
Kew, GB	3
Adelaide, AU	3
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	2
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 114 of 114 vouchered records shown