Cayratia saponaria

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Family Vitaceae

Taxonomy: Cayratia saponaria (Seem. ex Benth.) Domin

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cayratia strigosa (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Cissus bicolor Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Cissus saponaria (Seem. ex Benth.) Planch. (nomenclatural synonym)
Vitis saponaria Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
Vitis saponaria Seem. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Vitis strigosa F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Buckton_2019 (21), Butler_2004 (5), Cheesman_2020 (12), Cooper_2013 (12), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 87 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 11954.02 mm2 (3590-15990 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 145 mm (85-205 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 92.5 mm (55-130 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 411.27 mg (260.37-615.64 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 71.12 g/m2 (41.56-88.7 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.18-0.31 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Buckton_2019; Butler_2004; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 28.05 mg/g (28.05-28.05 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.36 {delta}[ppth] (-27.36--27.36 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 23 mg (23-23 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.18 mg/mm3 (0.17-0.18 mg/mm3) [sources: Buckton_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Buckton_2019	8	21	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Metcalfe_2009	16	16	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cheesman_2020	12	12	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	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.
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.
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.