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Muehlenbeckia gunnii

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Family Polygonaceae

Taxonomy: Muehlenbeckia gunnii (Hook.f.) Endl.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Muehlenbeckia hastifolia Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polygonum gunnii Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (4), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (4), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (23), Williams_2011 (8), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (13). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 120 records in 18 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (5) [sources: Draper_2023; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 942.48 mm2 (942.48-942.48 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 46.5 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.8 mm (8-70 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.88 cm (0.3-1.5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1); triangular (1); trullate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): hastate (1); sagittate (1); truncate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); c4 (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (2); shrub (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); decumbent (1); sprawling (1) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; White_2020]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.79 mg (10.78-10.8 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202323M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022913L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
TMAG_2009911Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
SAH_202389S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Williams_201188R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_201422J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.