Hedyotis philippensis
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Hedyotis philippensis (Spreng.) Merr. ex C.B.Rob.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Exallage congesta (R.Br. ex D.Don) Bremek. (taxonomic synonym)
- Exallage philippinensis (Willd. ex Spreng.) Bremek. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hedyotis congesta R.Br. ex D.Don (taxonomic synonym)
- Spermacoce philippensis Willd. ex Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hedyotis lapeyrousei DC. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 18 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1); woody_base (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 11 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |