AusTraits

Parsonsia howeana

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Parsonsia howeana J.B.Williams

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lyonsia reticulata F.Muell. (misapplied)
  • Parsonsia straminea var. glabrata Pichon (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (19), NHNSW_2024 (14), RBGK_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 42 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 110 mm (100-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.75 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (2); obtuse (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 12.31 mg (12.31-12.31 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231519Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241114N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. 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.
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.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.