AusTraits

Ichnocarpus

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy:

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lamechites Markgr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Micrechites Miq. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Buckton_2019 (70). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 70 records in 1 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3898 mm2 (3025-5575.67 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 305.19 mg (265-376.9 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 80.47 g/m2 (67.44-94.69 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.3-0.36 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
life history
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 22.38 mg/g (21.39-23.8 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.18 {delta}[ppth] (-30.63--27.68 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Buckton_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.42 mg/mm3 (0.36-0.45 mg/mm3) [sources: Buckton_2019]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Buckton_20192670G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.