Austrocallerya megasperma

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Austrocallerya megasperma (F.Muell.) J.Compton & Schrire

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Callerya megasperma (F.Muell.) Schot (nomenclatural synonym)
Kraunhia megasperma (F.Muell.) Greene (nomenclatural synonym)
Millettia megasperma (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Phaseolodes megasperma Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Phaseoloides megasperma (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Wistaria megasperma F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Wisteria megasperma F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), McCarthy_2017 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (28), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (6), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 86 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): blue_purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 140 mm (100-180 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 40 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 40 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 119.17 mm (40-300 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 43.33 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (4-6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 46.95 g/m2 (46.95-46.95 g/m2) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 26 mm (16-40 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 21.67 mm (14-30 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.43 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.44 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	17	28	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/.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
NHNSW_2014_2	8	10	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	9	10	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
McCarthy_2017	1	6	J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Wright_2000	6	6	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Gallagher_2012	3	3	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
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.