AusTraits

Humulus lupulus

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Family Cannabaceae

Taxonomy: Humulus lupulus L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Stephens_2023 (1), WAH_2022_2 (1), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 82 records in 13 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): dioecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 108.33 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 121.67 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 7.5 cm (3-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_crenate (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); unlobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (3); climber_herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.5 m (3-8 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212426J. 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.
RBGV_20231115VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231213Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023912N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202222N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. 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.
WAH_2022_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.