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Nicotiana forsteri

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Nicotiana forsteri Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Nicotiana debneyi Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nicotiana debneyi Domin subsp. debneyi (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nicotiana suaveolens var. parviflora Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Nicotiana fruticosa L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (19), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 73 records in 11 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (5-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 241.67 mm (70-380 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 121.67 mm (30-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 14 cm (14-14 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231319Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
NHNSW_20231213N. 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/.
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.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202222N. 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.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.