Parsonsia longipetiolata

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Parsonsia longipetiolata J.B.Williams

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Parsonsia sp. (Mt Glastonbury P.I.Forster PIF9296) (taxonomic synonym)
Parsonsia sp. (Mt Glastonbury PIF 9296) (taxonomic synonym)
Parsonsia sp. (Mt Glastonbury) (taxonomic synonym)
Parsonsia sp. C (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Parsonsia latifolia (Benth.) S.T.Blake (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (20), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (10), Hyland_2003 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2024 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 79 records in 13 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

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 130 mm (110-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; 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_length (numerical): 60.62 mm (35-105 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 38.75 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.25 cm (1.5-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); oblong (2); ovate (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: Hyland_2003; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NHNSW_2016]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyyynnnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	14	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	R. 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_2024	8	11	N. 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/.
Cooper_2013	8	10	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_2	8	10	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_2022	1	1	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. 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.
Hyland_2003	1	1	B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
NHNSW_2016	1	1	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.