Commicarpus chinensis subsp. chinensis
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Family Nyctaginaceae
Taxonomy: Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl subsp. chinensis
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Valeriana chinensis L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): ChI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (12), ATRP_2020 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 22 records in 6 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_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 35 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.2 cm (0.2-2.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); obtuse (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
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (1); herb (3); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 12 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2022 | 1 | 1 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |