Lophospermum erubescens
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Family Plantaginaceae
Taxonomy: Lophospermum erubescens D.Don
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asarina erubescens (D.Don) Pennell (nomenclatural synonym)
- Maurandia erubescens A.Gray (nomenclatural synonym)
- Maurandya erubescens (D.Don) A.Gray (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 39 records in 7 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); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 20 mm (18-22 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 55 mm (40-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (40-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (2-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): triangular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); hastate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyynnn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 16 | N. 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/. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 5 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 2 | 2 | N. 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ATRP_2020 | 1 | 1 | F. 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |