AusTraits

Hoya australis subsp. australis

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Hoya australis R.Br. ex J.Traill subsp. australis

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hoya dalrympleana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hoya dalrympliana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hoya keysii F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hoya oligotricha K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hoya oligotricha K.D.Hill subsp. oligotricha (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), Butler_2004 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2016 (4), NHNSW_2024 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 56 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_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 125 mm (100-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3080 mm2 (3080-3080 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 90.62 mm (25-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (15-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (3); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NHNSW_2016]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.01 mg (2.01-2.01 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.12 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_2024913N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202366Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
NHNSW_201634National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.