Chaenomeles speciosa
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Family Rosaceae
Taxonomy: Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cydonia speciosa Sweet (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pyrus speciosa (Sweet) M.F.Fay & Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 24 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_width (numerical): 50 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 50 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): pome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 32.5 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (1-1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 14 | 18 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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. |