AusTraits

Nandina domestica

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Family Berberidaceae

Taxonomy: Nandina domestica Thunb.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (32). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 69 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 286.67 mm (70-500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); narrowly_rhomboidal (1); ovate (2); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (2-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212232J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_20231217Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231011N. 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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.