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Asclepias curassavica

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Asclepias curassavica L.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Asclepias tuberosa L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Cooper_2013 (11), Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (12), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (19), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 110 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 67 mm (50-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (30-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.12 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.98 cm (0.2-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (4); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1); nnnnnynnnnnn (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.13 m (0.3-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231620VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231719S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231317Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2024912N. 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_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.