Gynochthodes umbellata
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Gynochthodes umbellata (L.) Razafim. & B.Bremer
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Morinda umbellata L. (basionym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (13), Gallagher_2012 (5), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), RBGK_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 37 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (10-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (10-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1); syconium (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (30-75 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 24 mm (10-38 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.45 mg (5.98-7.88 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; RBGK_2014]
- seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | 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. |
| Gallagher_2012 | 5 | 5 | 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| 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. |
| RBGK_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. 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. |