Chromolaena odorata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eupatorium affine Hook. & Arn. (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium brachiatum Sw. ex Wikstr. (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium clematitis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium conyzoides Mill. (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium conyzoides Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium divergens Less. (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium floribundum Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium graciliflorum DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium odoratum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Eupatorium sabeanum Buckley (taxonomic synonym)
Eupatorium stigmatosum Meyen & Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
Osmia conyzoides Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
Osmia divergens (Less.) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
Osmia floribunda (Kunth) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
Osmia graciliflora (DC.) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
Osmia odorata (L.) Sch.Bip. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), ATRP_2020 (3), Cooper_2013 (9), Metcalfe_2009 (20), NTH_2022 (3), Nano_2011 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 61 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 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3630 mm2 (3630-3630 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (1); shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2); erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.5 mg (1.5-1.5 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.5 m (2-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2009	20	20	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.
ABRS_2023	14	18	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	8	9	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.
ATRP_2020	3	3	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.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Nano_2011	1	1	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.