AusTraits

Amyema pendula subsp. pendula

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Family Loranthaceae

Taxonomy: Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. subsp. pendula

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Amyema pendulum Barlow subsp. pendulum (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (4), Cheal_2017 (5), Fonseca_2000 (6), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (3), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 76 records in 14 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
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1048.1 mm2 (1048.1-1048.1 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.1 mm (8.1-8.1 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 277 mg (277-277 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 263.16 g/m2 (263.16-263.16 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1); terrestrial (1) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): hemiparasitic_root (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): hemiparasitic (1); parasitic (2); stem_parasitic (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2); widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Fonseca_200066C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NSWFRD_201466B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_202366VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201755D. 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.
NHNSW_202255N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
ABRS_202344Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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/.
NHNSW_202333N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
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.