Capparis lucida

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Family Capparaceae

Taxonomy: Capparis lucida (DC.) R.Br. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Busbeckea corymbiflora F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Capparis lucida f. normalis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Thilachium lucidum DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
Thylachium lucidum DC. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), ATRP_2020 (2), Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2016 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 66 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

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 35.5 mm (17-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 35.5 mm (17-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 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_area (numerical): 15925 mm2 (15925-15925 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.6 cm (0.5-0.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2016]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (1); shrub (5); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): sprawling (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 6.67 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	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.
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.
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.
NHNSW_2016	3	3	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ATRP_2020	2	2	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.