Decalobanthus peltatus

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Family Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Decalobanthus peltatus (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Convolvulus peltatus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Ipomoea menispermacea Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Blume (taxonomic synonym)
Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy (nomenclatural synonym)
Merremia nymphaeifolia (Blume) Hallier f. (taxonomic synonym)
Merremia peltata (L.) Merr. (nomenclatural synonym)
Operculina peltata (L.) Hallier f. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): ChI, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Buckton_2019 (137), Cheesman_2020 (12), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 214 records in 11 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 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 21 mm (21-21 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 14 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 31951.22 mm2 (24120-65787.67 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 160 mm (70-250 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 132.5 mm (65-200 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2160.1 mg (1405.73-4134.67 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 62.11 g/m2 (45.32-73.4 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.21-0.28 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
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): nnnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 23.06 mg/g (19.09-25.01 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.38 {delta}[ppth] (-29.71--26.68 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 37 mg (37-37 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.33 mg/mm3 (0.28-0.41 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 4.46 {count}/mm2 (4.46-4.46 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 301.04 um (301.04-301.04 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.31 mm2/mm2 (0.31-0.31 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Buckton_2019	26	137	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	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.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. 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.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cheesman_2020	12	12	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. 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.