Epipremnum pinnatum

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Family Araceae

Taxonomy: Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pothos pinnata L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pothos pinnatus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Raphidophora cunninghamii Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Raphidophora lovellae Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Raphidophora pinnata Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Rhaphidophora cunninghami Schott (taxonomic synonym)
Rhaphidophora cunninghamii Schott (taxonomic synonym)
Rhaphidophora lovellae F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Rhaphidophora pinnata (L.) Schott (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (11), ATRP_2020 (2), Cheesman_2020 (12), Cooper_2013 (8), Metcalfe_2009 (16), Wells_2012 (65), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 118 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 410 mm (270-550 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 45 mm (45-45 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); multiple_fruit (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 65126.75 mm2 (1617.57-240000 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 167.24 mg (35.32-341.28 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 70 cm (70-70 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 38.91 g/m2 (21.84-64.2 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.09 g/g (0.08-0.12 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (5); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; 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]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); fly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 26.58 mg/g (26.58-26.58 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.85 {delta}[ppth] (-28.85--28.85 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18 mg (18-18 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.06 mg/mm3 (0.06-0.07 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	22	65	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
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.
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.
ABRS_2023	11	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	6	8	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ATRP_2020	1	2	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_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.