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Leichhardtia rostrata

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Leichhardtia rostrata (R.Br.) P.I.Forst.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Marsdenia rostrata R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Marsdenia rostrata R.Br. var. rostrata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pergularia rostrata (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), ATRP_2020 (1), Baker_2019 (2), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (12), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Leishman_2007 (7), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (11), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2024 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (9), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 164 records in 24 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 65.62 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 29.17 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2554.8 mm2 (2554.8-2554.8 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 105.42 mm (35-150 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 56.3 mm (20-110 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 83 mg (83-83 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 61.55 g/m2 (32.47-90.62 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_2007]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); orbicular (2); ovate (1); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (3); cuneate (1); obtuse (1); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (3); climber_herbaceous (5); climber_woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_2007; McGlone_2015; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); sprawling (1) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Butler_2004; NHNSW_2016; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (3); yyyynnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); epicormic_buds (1); stem_buds (1) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 8.67 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.33 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231622VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20241115N. 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/.
ABRS_20231113Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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_2911Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201499B. 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.
Leishman_200777M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Wright_200055I. 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.
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.
Gallagher_201233R. 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.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Clarke_200922P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
NHNSW_201611National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.