AusTraits

Heterostemma acuminatum

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Heterostemma acuminatum Decne.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Tylophora calcarata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vincetoxicum calcaratum (Benth.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 60 records in 10 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): 1.25 cm (0.8-1.7 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 127.5 mm (100-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 98.75 mm (55-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 68.75 mm (35-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (3.5-4.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 14 mm (13-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-6.5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231012Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_202258L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.