Geophila repens
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Geophila repens (L.) I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cephaelis reniformis Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
- Geophila reniformis D.Don (taxonomic synonym)
- Rondeletia repens L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 41 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: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (8-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 14.14 mg (14.14-14.14 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 18 | 21 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Gallagher_2012 | 3 | 3 | R. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ATRP_2020 | 1 | 1 | F. 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |