AusTraits

Parsonsia latifolia

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Parsonsia latifolia (Benth.) S.T.Blake

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lyonsia latifolia Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (20), ATRP_2020 (1), Buckton_2019 (8), Cheesman_2020 (8), Cooper_2013 (13), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 72 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 162.5 mm (130-190 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 9836.6 mm2 (9400-10273.2 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 117.5 mm (70-190 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 60 mm (35-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1341.44 mg (1341.44-1341.44 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.75 cm (2-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 109.43 g/m2 (98.9-119.95 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.34-0.34 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (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 (3); climber_woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; 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]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 18.96 mg/g (18.96-18.96 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.94 {delta}[ppth] (-28.94--28.94 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 22.04 mg (11.07-33 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.9 mm (4.5-5.3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.39 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.39 mg/mm3) [sources: Buckton_2019]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Buckton_201988G. 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.
Cheesman_202088A. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.