Gymnostachys anceps

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Family Araceae

Taxonomy: Gymnostachys anceps R.Br.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Gymnostachys gigantea Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), Cooper_2013 (13), Fonseca_2000 (16), Grubb_1996 (2), Hughes_1992 (4), Kubiak_2009 (3), Laxton_2005 (11), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), Leishman_2007 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2024 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wells_2012 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (29). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 77 traits from 141 records in 19 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 (2) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); blue (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 11565.28 mm2 (2271.4-20000 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995]
leaf_length (numerical): 1375 mm (1000-1500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.52 mm (8.5-15 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2618.5 mg (547-5255 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 247.49 g/m2 (193.05-333.33 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (2); herb (5); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (2) [sources: Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.4 mg/g (10-12.8 mg/g) [sources: Laxton_2005; Leishman_2007]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.99 mg/g (0.99-0.99 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 179.3 mg (130-228.6 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Leishman_1993]
seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.2 m (0.6-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	27	29	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Fonseca_2000	4	16	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_2023	11	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Laxton_2005	11	11	E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
NHNSW_2024	8	11	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wells_2012	11	11	J. 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.
Leishman_1995	7	7	M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Hughes_1992	4	4	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kubiak_2009	3	3	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_2007	3	3	M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
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.
Grubb_1996	2	2	P. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.