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Cissus hypoglauca

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Family Vitaceae

Taxonomy: Cissus hypoglauca A.Gray

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cissus australasica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nothocissus hypoglauca (A.Gray) Latiff (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vitis hypoglauca (A.Gray) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), ATRP_2020 (1), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Fonseca_2000 (9), Hughes_1992 (3), Jagdish_2020 (27), Kanowski_2000 (22), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Kubiak_2009 (2), Laxton_2005 (11), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), MacinnisNg_2004 (42), McCarthy_2017 (5), McGlone_2015 (6), Moles_2000 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Ooi_2007 (101), Pickup_2021 (9), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 98 traits from 387 records in 37 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): partial_resprouting (4); resprouts (6) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14.5 mm (9-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2941.28 mm2 (282-8706.1 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kanowski_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Moles_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 104.38 mm (25-150 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 34.92 mm (15-60 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 165 mg (148-182 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (2-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 86.42 g/m2 (63.29-117.65 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kanowski_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Moles_2000]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2000]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (1) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (6); climber_herbaceous (6); climber_woody (6) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); sprawling (1) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (4); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2016; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); ynnnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.12 mg/g (14-16.23 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Laxton_2005]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.71 mg/g (0.71-0.71 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.28 {delta}[ppth] (-28.31--28.26 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 41.79 mg (13.5-97.92 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.98 mm (3.94-7 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.8 mm (4-5.39 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.34 mg/mm3 (0.29-0.35 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: MacinnisNg_2004]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20072101M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
MacinnisNg_2004742C. Macinnis-Ng, K. McClenahan, and D. Eamus. “Convergence in hydraulic architecture, water relations and primary productivity amongst habitats and across seasons in Sydney”. Functional Plant Biology 31.5 (2004), pp. 429-439. doi: 10.1071/fp03194.
Jagdish_2020227A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
Kanowski_20002222J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231114VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_20231013N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
Laxton_20051111E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
NSWFRD_2014911B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Pickup_202139M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Stewart_199568G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Leishman_199577M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NHNSW_2014_277Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Butler_200455D. 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.
McCarthy_201715J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Wright_200044I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Clarke_200933P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Moles_200033A. T. Moles and M. Westoby. “Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage?”. OIKOS 90.3 (2000), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900310.x..
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Kubiak_200912P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. 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.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
NHNSW_201611National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.