AusTraits

Acer palmatum

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Acer palmatum Thunb.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 38 records in 6 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): andromonoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): samara (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1.5-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): truncate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7 m (7-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231014Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.