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Gynandropsis gynandra

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Family Capparaceae

Taxonomy: Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cleome gynandra L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cleome pentaphylla L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank, Roem. & Usteri (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), AR (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Kew_2019_1 (11), Kew_2019_2 (1), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kew_2019_6 (6), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (24), Sjostrom_2006 (4), 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 29 traits from 83 records in 13 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 63.75 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.38 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.25 mm (3.5-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); silique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 56.25 mm (15-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 31.25 mm (5-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 8 cm (2-10 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1); rhomboidal (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.92 mg (0.77-1.44 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.2 m (1-1.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231624D. 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/.
ABRS_20231620Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_1111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_616Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_211Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.