Capparis canescens

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Family Capparaceae

Taxonomy: Capparis canescens Banks ex DC.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Busbeckia canescens F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Capparis areolata F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Capparis armata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Capparis canescens Banks ex DC. var. canescens (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 (22), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2024 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 81 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: Clarke_2015]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (25-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (25-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 50 mm (25-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 70.83 mm (35-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 42.5 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (2); obtriangular (1); widely_elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (2); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]
seed_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 5.5 m (5-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	22	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	12	18	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/.
Kooyman_2011	10	14	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.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
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.