Alkekengi officinarum
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Family Solanaceae
Taxonomy: Alkekengi officinarum Moench
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Physalis alkekengi L. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 30 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (80-80 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); ovoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 14 | 15 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Cheal_2017 | 8 | 8 | D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |