Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. oblongifolius
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Family Violaceae
Taxonomy: Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. oblongifolius (A.Cunn. ex Heward) P.S.Green
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hymenanthera dentata var. oblongifolia (A.Cunn. ex Heward) Kirk (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hymenanthera oblongifolia A.Cunn. ex Heward (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hymenanthera dentata DC. (misapplied)
- Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 30 records in 5 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
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.65 mm (2.3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4.35 mm (4-4.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 4.35 mm (4-4.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); pyrene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); purple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (50-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.25 cm (1-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (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]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 19 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| 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. |