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Aristolochia elegans

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Family Aristolochiaceae

Taxonomy: Aristolochia elegans Mast.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aristolochia littoralis D.Parodi (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (24), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), NHNSW_2024 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 71 records in 10 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
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 10 cm (10-10 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 60 mm (50-80 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3); utricle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnyy (1); yyyyyynnnnyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.33 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.38 mm (0.25-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1); reniform (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231524Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241321N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013810W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
ABRS_198133B. 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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
eFLOWER_Dun_202222L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.