Hedyotis auricularia var. melanesica
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Hedyotis auricularia var. melanesica Fosberg
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Metcalfe_2009 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 20 records in 4 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
fruit morphology
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1452 mm2 (1452-1452 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.86 mg (0.86-0.86 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2009 | 15 | 15 | 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. |
| ATRP_2020 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |