Nicotiana megalosiphon subsp. megalosiphon

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Nicotiana megalosiphon Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. subsp. megalosiphon

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

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), White_2020 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 44 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (7-16 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 170 mm (170-170 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 9 cm (9-9 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); linear (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.08-0.08 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.9-0.9 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	17	17	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	11	12	N. 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_2023	8	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	N. 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_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.