AusTraits

Leichhardtia suaveolens

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Family Apocynaceae

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

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Marsdenia suaveolens R.Br. (basionym)
  • Pergularia suaveolens (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Clarke_2015 (3), Hughes_1992 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Kubiak_2009 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 99 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.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (50-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 58.75 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20.38 mm (6-32 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.1-0.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (3); shrub (2); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: 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 (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnnnny (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; 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_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. 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_20231214Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.