Dioclea hexandra
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Dioclea hexandra (Ralph) Mabb.
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Dioclea reflexa Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dolichos comosus G.Mey. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dolichos hexandrus Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Macropsychanthus comosus (G.Mey.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak (taxonomic synonym)
- Macropsychanthus hexander (Ralph) L.P.Queiroz & Snak (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mucuna hexandra Ralph (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 51 records in 9 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): 125 mm (90-160 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (40-65 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 9660 mm2 (9660-9660 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- leaf_length (numerical): 102.5 mm (65-140 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 77.5 mm (40-115 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (2) [sources: ATRP_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): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (2) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3500 mg (2000-5000 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
- seed_length (numerical): 28.75 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (25-30 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2009 | 16 | 16 | 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. |
| 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Kew_2019_5 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |