Acanthus ilicifolius
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Family Acanthaceae
Taxonomy: Acanthus ilicifolius L.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) Juss. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (13), Bryant_2021_3 (61), Cooper_2013 (13), Kew_2019_3 (4), Kooyman_2011 (12), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 136 records in 11 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
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 21 mm (17-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 145 mm (50-210 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.2-1.3 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 83.95 g/m2 (55.7-125.3 g/m2) [sources: Bryant_2021_3]
- leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 4.66 g/g (3.32-6.68 g/g) [sources: Bryant_2021_3]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Kew_2019_3]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: Brock_1993; Bryant_2021_3; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyyyn (1); yyynnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_shape (categorical): discoid (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.19 m (1-3 m) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant_2021_3 | 7 | 61 | C. Bryant, R. J. Harris, N. Brothers, C. Bone, N. Walsh, A. B. Nicotra, and M. C. Ball. “Cross-tolerance: Salinity gradients and dehydration increase photosynthetic heat tolerance in mangrove leaves”. Functional Ecology (2024). ISSN: 1365-2435. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14508. |
| NTH_2023 | 13 | 18 | 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/. |
| Brock_1993 | 11 | 13 | J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Kooyman_2011 | 10 | 12 | R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x. |
| Wright_2000 | 5 | 5 | I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x. |
| Kew_2019_3 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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. |