AusTraits

Gynochthodes jasminoides

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Rubiaceae

Taxonomy: Gynochthodes jasminoides (A.Cunn.) Razafim. & B.Bremer

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Morinda jasminoides A.Cunn. (basionym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (12), Crowley_2007 (2), Fonseca_2000 (21), Gallagher_2012 (5), Hughes_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), Kubiak_2009 (3), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (8), McCarthy_2017 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Nano_2011 (2), Ooi_2007 (100), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), Stewart_1995 (11), WAH_2022_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 306 records in 30 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10.5 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2); syconium (1); syncarp (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; Leishman_1995]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 859.68 mm2 (333-1429.3 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 57.5 mm (15-115 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.26 mm (5-45 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 39.2 mg (15-63 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.2-1.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 40.64 g/m2 (26.98-64.1 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2); rounded (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (5); climber_herbaceous (5); climber_woody (5); shrub (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (6); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2016; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (3); yyyyynnnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.79 {delta}[ppth] (-31.99--31.45 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.01 mg (2.58-8.79 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.35 mm (2-4.06 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.95 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.41 mg/mm3 (0.41-0.41 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20071100M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Fonseca_2000521C. 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.
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017311J. 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.
Stewart_1995611G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Leishman_199588M. 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_201488B. 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.
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.
Gallagher_201255R. 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.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wright_200055I. 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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_200923P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
NHNSW_201611National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.