AusTraits

Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense

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Family Oleaceae

Taxonomy: Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense P.S.Green

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Jasminum geniculatum Vent. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jasminum gracile Andrews (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jasminum lucidum Banks ex DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jasminum volubile Jacq. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Jasminum acuminatum (Lam.) Pers. (misapplied)
  • Jasminum simplicifolium G.Forst. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, NI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: BRAIN_2007 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Gallagher_2012 (5), Hyland_2003 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2016 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 59 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (9-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (9-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (9-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: Gallagher_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 5665 mm2 (1320-10010 mm2) [sources: Gallagher_2012; NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 55 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 65.27 g/m2 (65.27-65.27 g/m2) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (1); shrub (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: Hyland_2003; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: BRAIN_2007; Butler_2004; NHNSW_2016]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 84.61 mg (55.18-114.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231420N. 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/.
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.
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.
Gallagher_201255R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_201622National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
BRAIN_200711Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
Hyland_200311B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the 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.