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Neoalsomitra clavigera

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Family Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy: Neoalsomitra clavigera (Wall.) Hutch.

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Alsomitra hookeri F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsomitra stephensiana (F.Muell.) Cogn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsomitra trifoliolata (F.Muell.) K.Schum. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melothria trifoliolata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Neoalsomitra sp. (Claudie River B.P.Hyland 10923 at QRS) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Neoalsomitra sp. A (B.Hyland 10923) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Neoalsomitra sp. Claudie River (B.Hyland 10923) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Neoalsomitra stephensiana (F.Muell.) Hutch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Neoalsomitra trifoliolata (F.Muell.) Hutch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Zanonia clavigera Wall. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Zanonia hookeri F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Zanonia stephensiana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (9), ABRS_2023 (39), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (8), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 87 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 58.33 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 21 mm (12-30 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (40-125 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 41 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.12 cm (1.5-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (5); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231239Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
ABRS_202239Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_200648A. 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_202224E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202312E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
ATRP_202011F. 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.