Dioscorea bulbifera var. bulbifera
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Family Dioscoreaceae
Taxonomy: Dioscorea bulbifera L. var. bulbifera
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): ChI, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), ATRP_2020 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 26 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 175 mm (50-300 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 164 mm (28-300 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 6 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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_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. |