Neosepicaea jucunda

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Family Bignoniaceae

Taxonomy: Neosepicaea jucunda (F.Muell.) Steenis

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Haussmannia jucunda F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Haussmannianthes jucunda (F.Muell.) Steenis (nomenclatural synonym)
Nyctocalos jucundum (F.Muell.) Seem. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Buckton_2019 (109), Cheesman_2020 (12), Cooper_2004 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Gallagher_2012 (4), Hyland_2003 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2016 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (67), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (15). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 90 traits from 275 records in 17 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); red_brown (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 1.35 cm (1.2-1.5 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 100 mm (80-120 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 5107.32 mm2 (1931.23-11730 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 140 mm (50-230 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (25-85 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 203.2 mg (64.35-805.6 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 43.83 g/m2 (33.32-114.32 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.2-0.4 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2016]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (6) [sources: ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: Hyland_2003; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): moth (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Cooper_2004; Gallagher_2012; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 22.56 mg/g (21.04-27.5 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.9 {delta}[ppth] (-35.79--27.47 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20.5 mg (20-21 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 20.75 mm (8-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.35 mg/mm3 (0.27-0.41 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 26.22 {count}/mm2 (26.22-26.22 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 80.73 um (80.73-80.73 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.13 mm2/mm2 (0.13-0.13 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Buckton_2019	26	109	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Wells_2012	23	67	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Metcalfe_2009	18	18	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	10	15	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. 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.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cheesman_2020	12	12	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Gallagher_2012	4	4	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
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.
NHNSW_2016	2	2	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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.
Cooper_2004	1	1	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Fruits of the Australian tropical rainforest. Nokomis Editions, 2004. ISBN: 9780958174213.
Hyland_2003	1	1	B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.