AusTraits

Freycinetia scandens

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Family Pandanaceae

Taxonomy: Freycinetia scandens Gaudich.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Freycinetia gaudichaudii Benn. & R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Freycinetia gonocarpa S.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Freycinetia muelleri Martelli (taxonomic synonym)
  • Freycinetia propinqua Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (7), Hyland_2003 (1), NHNSW_2016 (2), RBGK_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 52 records in 12 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
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); multiple_fruit (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 19250 mm2 (19250-19250 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (80-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Hyland_2003]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Wells_2012]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.15 mg (0.15-0.15 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wells_20121111J. 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.
Cooper_201357W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
NHNSW_201622National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Hyland_200311B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.