Hedyscepe canterburyana
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Family Arecaceae
Taxonomy: Hedyscepe canterburyana (C.Moore & F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Kentia canterburyana C.Moore & F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Veitchia canterburyana (C.Moore & F.Muell.) H.Wendl. ex Anon. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): LHI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), NHNSW_2024 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (15). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 43 records in 7 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
- flower_colour (categorical): black (1); blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 40 mm (40-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1750 mm (1500-2000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 6.5 m (3-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 11 | 15 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 11 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 6 | 7 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |