Ficus aculeata var. indecora
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Family Moraceae
Taxonomy: Ficus aculeata var. indecora (A.Cunn. ex Miq.) D.J.Dixon
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ficus aculeata var. orbicularis (Miq.) D.J.Dixon (taxonomic synonym)
- Ficus beckleri Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ficus indecora A.Cunn. ex Miq. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Ficus opposita var. indecora (A.Cunn. ex Miq.) Corner (nomenclatural synonym)
- Ficus orbicularis A.Cunn. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), Gross_2005 (4), Kooyman_2011 (12), NTH_2014 (8), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 40 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): syconium (1) [sources: Gross_2005]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (1) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 101 mm (17-182 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 56 mm (13-90 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: NTH_2014; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kooyman_2011 | 8 | 12 | 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. |
| NTH_2014 | 6 | 8 | Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online. |
| Gross_2005 | 4 | 4 | C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907. |
| RussellSmith_2012 | 4 | 4 | J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | A. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_1981 | 1 | 1 | B. 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/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |