Parsonsia plaesiophylla
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Family Apocynaceae
Taxonomy: Parsonsia plaesiophylla S.T.Blake
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lyonsia oblongifolia 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), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (10), Kooyman_2011 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 56 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): 93.75 mm (65-135 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 15.25 mm (12-17 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_height (numerical): 14.5 mm (12-17 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_length (numerical): 82.5 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 36.25 mm (15-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- petiole_length (numerical): 2.75 cm (2-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (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 (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 (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-3 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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 10 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |