Clematis linearifolia

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Family Ranunculaceae

Taxonomy: Clematis linearifolia Steud.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Clematis hexapetala subsp. linearifolia (Steud.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Clematis microphylla var. linearifolia (Steud.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Clematis microphylla var. linearifolia (Steud.) Ostenf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Clematis microphylla var. occidentalis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Clematis microphylla DC. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Chen_2017 (7), Detombeur_2021 (18), Funk_2016 (54), Guilherme_Pereira_2019 (39), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 177 records in 15 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): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 40.5 mm (12-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 128.03 g/m2 (68.09-184.26 g/m2) [sources: Funk_2016; Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.29-0.31 g/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); narrowly_oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Funk_2016; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Funk_2016]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Funk_2016; Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2); woody_base (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Funk_2016]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (2); nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21.55 mg/g (15.18-25.5 mg/g) [sources: Funk_2016; Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 4.4 mg/g (2.38-5.85 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Funk_2016]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 41.19 umol{CO2}/m2/s (25.04-49.93 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.23 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.14-0.3 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Funk_2016	14	54	J. L. Funk, R. J. Standish, W. D. Stock, and F. Valladares. “Plant functional traits of dominant native and invasive species in mediterranean-climate ecosystems”. Ecology 97.1 (2016), pp. 75-83. doi: 10.1890/15-0974.1.
Guilherme_Pereira_2019	13	39	C. G. Pereira, P. E. Hayes, O. S. O'Sullivan, L. K. Weerasinghe, P. L. Clode, O. K. Atkin, and H. Lambers. “Trait convergence in photosynthetic nutrient-use efficiency along a 2-million year dune chronosequence in a global biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 107.4 (2019), pp. 2006-2023. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13158.
Detombeur_2021	9	18	F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713.
Tsakalos_2020	17	18	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
ABRS_2023	10	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wheeler_2002	7	9	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Chen_2017	7	7	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
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.
Sweedman_2006	1	3	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2022_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.