AusTraits

Basella alba

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Family Basellaceae

Taxonomy: Basella alba L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (22), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (7), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (22). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 61 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); red (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 76.25 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (2); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231622Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_20212122J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_202367N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_202222N. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.