Gynochthodes sessilis
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Gynochthodes sessilis Halford
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gynochthodes sp. (Hinchinbrook Island A.S.Thorsborne+ 337) (taxonomic synonym)
- Gynochtodes sessilis Halford (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Hyland_2003 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (16), NHNSW_2016 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 46 records in 8 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 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 7980 mm2 (7980-7980 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- leaf_length (numerical): 125 mm (60-190 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2016]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: Hyland_2003; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): moth (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20 mg (20-20 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2009 | 16 | 16 | E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Kooyman_2011 | 8 | 12 | R. 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. |
| 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. |
| Hyland_2003 | 1 | 1 | B. 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. |
| NHNSW_2016 | 1 | 1 | National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |