AusTraits

Ficus virens

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Ficus virens Aiton

Synonyms: 20 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ficus caulobotrya (Miq.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus cunninghami Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus cunninghamii (Miq.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus fraseri (Miq.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus glabella var. nesophila (Miq.) K.Schum. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus infectoria var. cunninghamii (Miq.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus infectoria var. fraseri (Miq.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus infectoria var. psychotriifolium (Miq.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus nesophila (Miq.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus psychotriaefolia Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus psychotriifolia (Miq.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus syringaefolia C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus syringaefolia M.R.Schomb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ficus syringifolia Chantaras., C.C.Berg & Welzen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urostigma cunninghami Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urostigma cunninghamii Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urostigma fraseri Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urostigma nesophilum Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urostigma psychotriaefolium Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Urostigma psychotriifolium Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ficus infectoria Willd. (misapplied)
  • Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2023 (19), Brock_1993 (11), Chen_2017 (4), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Gardiner_2019 (40), Grubb_1996 (3), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (2), McCarthy_2017 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NTH_2014 (1), NTH_2022 (5), NTH_2023 (12), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (2), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 156 records in 28 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); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 13.5 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): syconium (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (1) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); pink (1); purple (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3971.48 mm2 (1041.77-5933.92 mm2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 118 mm (35-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 57.5 mm (18-102 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 64.15 mg (36.47-88.93 mg) [sources: Gardiner_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4.89 cm (0.85-10.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 52.22 g/m2 (23.83-72.72 g/m2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.18-0.26 g/g) [sources: Gardiner_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (4); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (2); obovate (1); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (3); cuneate (2); obtuse (1); rounded (1); truncate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (1); tree (6) [sources: Brock_1993; Grubb_1996; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1); hemiepiphyte (2); lithophyte (1); terrestrial (1) [sources: Grubb_1996; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (3); evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; NTH_2014; WAH_1998]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.7 {delta}[ppth] (-29.7--29.7 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.23 mg (0.22-0.25 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Kew_2019_1]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.36 mg/mm3 (0.29-0.4 mg/mm3) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 25.12 m (2-32 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Gardiner_2019840R. Gardiner, L. P. Shoo, and J. M. Dwyer. “Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration”. Journal of Applied Ecology 56.12 (2019), pp. 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13505.
ABRS_20231319Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
NTH_2023912D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Brock_1993811J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
eFLOWER_Dun_202256L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NTH_202255D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
RussellSmith_201244J. 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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Grubb_199633P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Ilic_200012J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
McCarthy_201722J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Schmidt_200322S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
WAH_199822Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. 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/.
NTH_201411Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.