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Berberidopsis beckleri

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Family Berberidopsidaceae

Taxonomy: Berberidopsis beckleri (F.Muell.) Veldkamp

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Streptothamnus beckleri F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Streptothamnus becklerii F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 81 records in 13 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (30-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30.83 mm (17-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (4); climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); tufted (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; 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]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.93 mg (0.93-0.93 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20221519L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231215Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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_20231012N. 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/.
Butler_200455D. 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.
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.
Clarke_200933P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_202211N. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.