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Fallopia japonica

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Family Polygonaceae

Taxonomy: Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Reynoutria japonica Houtt. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tiniaria japonica (Houtt.) Hedberg (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 47 records in 7 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): widely_ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): truncate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.62 m (1.5-3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231317VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231014N. 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/.
NHNSW_202255N. 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_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.