Capparis ornans
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Family Capparaceae
Taxonomy: Capparis ornans F.Muell. ex Benth.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Busbeckea ornans F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Busbeckia ornans F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 59 records in 10 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): 81.25 mm (60-105 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (35-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- 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): 90 mm (60-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- petiole_length (numerical): 2.1 cm (0.7-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- 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 (2); climber_woody (4); shrub (2); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; 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]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
- dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 164 mg (164-164 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 7 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 17 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Butler_2004 | 5 | 5 | D. 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. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ATRP_2020 | 1 | 1 | 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |