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Eustrephus latifolius

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Eustrephus latifolius R.Br.

Synonyms: 30 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eustrephus amplexifolius Schnizl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus brownii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus brownii var. angustifolius Baker (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. f. latifolius (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. subf. latifolius (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. subsp. latifolius (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. subvar. latifolius (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. var. latifolius (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius f. leucanthus (Hassk.) Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius f. rubens Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius subf. fimbriatus Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius subf. integerrimus Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius subsp. angustifolius (R.Br.) Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius subsp. watsonianus (Miq.) Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius subvar. fasciculatus Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius subvar. uniflorus (Hallier f.) Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius var. angustifolius (R.Br.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius var. brownii Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius var. intercedens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius var. intermedius Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus latifolius var. typicus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus leucanthus Hassk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eustrephus watsonianus Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Geitonoplesium angustifolium (R.Br.) K.Koch (taxonomic synonym)
  • Luzuriaga angustifolia (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Luzuriaga latifolia (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Luzuriaga latifolia (R.Br.) Poir. var. latifolia (taxonomic synonym)
  • Luzuriaga latifolia var. angustifolia (R.Br.) Hallier f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Luzuriaga latifolia var. uniflora Hallier f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spiranthera ovata Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Cheal_2017 (3), Cheesman_2020 (12), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (6), Cooper_2013 (12), Fonseca_2000 (21), Gallagher_2012 (3), Hughes_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kooyman_2011 (11), Kubiak_2009 (5), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (8), Leishman_2007 (3), Mesaglio_2022 (2), Metcalfe_2009 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2016 (5), NHNSW_2024 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickup_2021 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (23), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 82 traits from 296 records in 35 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 (2); partial_resprouting (4); resprouts (9) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (6); post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4); fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (3); yellow (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1346.5 mm2 (286.6-3120 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 68.69 mm (2.5-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.34 mm (2-40 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 40 mg (10-63 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.08 cm (0.05-0.1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 49.22 g/m2 (29.24-78.69 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); linear (3); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (9); climber_herbaceous (9); climber_woody (4); shrub (3); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cheesman_2020; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); phanerophyte (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (2); insect (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (10) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (4); vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; Wells_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (2); nnnnnnnnyynn (1); ynnnnnnnnnyy (3); yynnnnnnyyyy (2); yyyyyynyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3); widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1); root_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21.94 mg/g (19.7-24.18 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Leishman_2007]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.95 mg/g (0.95-0.95 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -35.17 {delta}[ppth] (-35.17--35.17 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 26.98 mg (13.72-43 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.83 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231723VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Fonseca_2000521C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241014N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cheesman_20201212A. 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_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Metcalfe_20091212E. 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.
Pickup_2021312M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Wells_20121212J. 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.
Kooyman_2011811R. 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.
Leishman_199588M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NHNSW_2014_277Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
Clarke_201536P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_201625National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cheal_201733D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Gallagher_201233R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Leishman_200733M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Clarke_200922P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
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.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.