Hernandia ovigera
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Family Hernandiaceae
Taxonomy: Hernandia ovigera L.
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hernandia peltata Meisn. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): ChI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (27), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 94 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_diameter (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 19.5 mm (17-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (17-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 19.5 mm (17-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 215 mm (60-370 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 23 cm (6-40 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 40 m (40-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 24 | 40 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| eFLOWER_2021 | 19 | 27 | J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538. |
| ABRS_2023 | 14 | 19 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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. |
| Stephens_2023 | 1 | 1 | R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |