Asperula wimmerana
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Asperula wimmerana Airy Shaw & Turrill
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asperula oligantha F.Muell. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Asperula wimmerana Airy Shaw & Turrill f. wimmerana (nomenclatural synonym)
- Asperula wimmerana f. glaberrima Airy Shaw & Turrill (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asperula conferta Hook.f. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 66 records in 9 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): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_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 (1); brown (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (3-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_oblong (1); strap-shaped (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.12 m (0.12-0.12 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 20 | 20 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 13 | 17 | 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/. |
| Draper_2023 | 4 | 4 | J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |