AusTraits

Parsonsia densivestita

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Parsonsia densivestita C.T.White

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Parsonsia densevestita M.B.Thomas & W.J.McDonald (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (20), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), Kooyman_2011 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (56), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 107 records in 9 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 177.5 mm (120-230 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 21.5 mm (18-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 21.5 mm (18-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1034.31 mm2 (526.2-1522.47 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 160 mm (90-230 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 77.5 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 19.48 mg (10.11-28.34 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3.4 cm (2.3-4.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 18.76 g/m2 (17.74-19.92 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.15 g/g (0.15-0.16 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.36 mg/mm3 (0.34-0.38 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_20122356J. 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.
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Cooper_2013810W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_202211Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.