Asperula euryphylla
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Asperula euryphylla Airy Shaw & Turrill
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asperula euryphylla Airy Shaw & Turrill var. euryphylla (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asperula gunnii Hook.f. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Meers_2007 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 64 records in 11 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): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.72 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 14.9 mm2 (14.9-14.9 mm2) [sources: Meers_2007]
- leaf_length (numerical): 7.67 mm (3-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.62 mm (1.5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 20.27 g/m2 (20.27-20.27 g/m2) [sources: Meers_2007]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (2); obovate (1); ovate (2); spathulate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody_base (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.52 mg (0.52-0.52 mg) [sources: Meers_2007]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 11 | 14 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | N. 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/. |
| Meers_2007 | 10 | 10 | T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007. |
| SAH_2023 | 6 | 8 | S. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 5 | 5 | N. 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/. |
| 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | A. 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. |
| 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. |