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Leichhardtia australis

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Leichhardtia australis R.Br.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Marsdenia australis (R.Br.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Marsdenia leichhardtiana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), ANBG_2019 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2012 (5), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Leishman_1992 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2024 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (4), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (2), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 171 records in 29 datasets.

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

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 70 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 27 mm (13-35 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Soliveres_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 467 mm2 (467-467 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 86.25 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15.62 mm (2-41 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0.2-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 172.41 g/m2 (172.41-172.41 g/m2) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (4); linear (4); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (2); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (6); climber_woody (4); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; Soliveres_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (2) [sources: Gallagher_2012; Jurado_1991]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (4); yyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1); storage_organ (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (2); fleshy_underground_organ (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 14.76 mg (7.94-16.55 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Gallagher_2012; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 7.1 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.03 mm (4-4.06 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202038M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231622VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231214Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231014D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024710N. 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/.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
NHNSW_2014_277Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Jurado_199166E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NSWFRD_201444B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Nano_201134C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-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.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_202222D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Soliveres_201222S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2022_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wenk_2023_211E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.