Mandevilla laxa

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Mandevilla laxa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Echites laxa Ruiz & Pav. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 44 records in 6 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): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 325 mm (250-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 32.5 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.35 cm (1.2-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2024	8	11	N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	8	10	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.