Commersonia prostrata

(Maiden & Betche) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Commersonia

At a glance

Occurrence records499

Data sources2

Biological traits35

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources2 archives

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

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility499 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page2 sections

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Traits & measurements4 literature sources35 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF499 records

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology13

Fruit width8.5 mm

Leaf length35 mm

Leaf length max60 mm

Leaf length min20 mm

Leaf width20 mm

Leaf width max20 mm

Leaf width min5 mm

Petiole length1.5 cm

Plant height0.3 m

Plant height max0.05 m

Seed mass1.04 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 1.04 mg · AusTraits: 0.948 mg · GIFT: 1.04 mg

Seed mass max1.04 mg

Seed mass min1.04 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timennnnnnnnnyyn

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type499 records

Wild obs. + sensor407

Museum / vouchered86

Cultivated / captive6

Origin

Native30

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO332 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 335≤1 km 56≤10 km 12

403 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor407

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 35≤1 km 12≤10 km 21>10 km 10

78 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence86

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 1

6 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living6

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 institutions6 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	29
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	22
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	17
Canberra, AU	11
Brisbane, AU	2
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	2
Hobart, AU	1
Kensington, AU	1
Armidale, AU	1

9 institutions · 86 of 86 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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