AusTraits

Dolichandra unguis-cati

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Family Bignoniaceae

Taxonomy: Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bignonia tweediana Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bignonia unguis-cati L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Macfadyena unguis-cati var. (Oxley H.A.Lahey HL118) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (21), NSWFRD_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 67 records in 10 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 303.33 mm (150-470 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 36.88 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 15 cm (10-20 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (3); shrub (1); tree (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231321N. 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/.
RBGV_20231420VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201422B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.