AusTraits

Leycesteria formosa

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Family Caprifoliaceae

Taxonomy: Leycesteria formosa Wall.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (28). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 77 records in 8 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): blue_purple (1); red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212428J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_20231518N. 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/.
RBGV_20231518VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.