Avicennia marina subsp. australasica

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Family Acanthaceae

Taxonomy: Avicennia marina subsp. australasica (Walp.) J.Everett

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Avicennia marina var. australasica (Walp.) Moldenke (nomenclatural synonym)
Avicennia marina var. resinifera (G.Forst.) Bakh. (taxonomic synonym)
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst. (taxonomic synonym)
Avicennia tomentosa var. australasica Walp. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Avicennia officinalis L. (pro parte misapplied)
Avicennia officinalis var. alba (Blume) C.B.Clarke (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2024 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17), Williams_2011 (10), Wright_2000 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 98 records in 12 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): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (35-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25.67 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_obovate (2); obovate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); hydrochory (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): water (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 5.5 m (1-9 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	15	21	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_2020	17	17	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	11	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2024	10	13	N. 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/.
Williams_2011	10	10	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
NSWFRD_2014	8	8	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_2009	1	1	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.