Mikania micrantha
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Mikania micrantha Kunth
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (18), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 32 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (30-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 4.5 cm (1-8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyynnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 6 m (6-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 14 | 18 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 7 | 8 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| ABRS_2022 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| 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. |