Cobaea scandens
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Family Polemoniaceae
Taxonomy: Cobaea scandens Cav.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (28). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 51 records in 7 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
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 70 mm (50-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (30-130 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- pollination_system (categorical): bat (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_2021 | 27 | 28 | J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Stephens_2023 | 1 | 1 | R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |