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Parsonsia straminea

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lyonsia praminea F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lyonsia reticulata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lyonsia straminea R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Parsonsia reticulata (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell. var. straminea (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Parsonsia straminea var. glabrata Pichon (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (10), Fonseca_2000 (13), Gallagher_2012 (3), Grubb_1996 (3), Hughes_1992 (3), Hyland_2003 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), Kubiak_2009 (1), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), McCarthy_2017 (3), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (12), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2024 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (70), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 76 traits from 245 records in 29 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2); resprouts (5) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 160 mm (90-270 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3689.52 mm2 (400-12240 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 109.13 mm (10-240 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 37.31 mm (13.5-85 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 119.56 mg (14-410 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (0.5-4.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 41.21 g/m2 (26.72-81.97 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.26-0.28 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.66 g/g (2.53-2.79 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); rounded (2) [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_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2); not_glaucous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 42.5 deg (30-60 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (6); climber_woody (5); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Grubb_1996; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hyland_2003; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (1); insect (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (6); endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Grubb_1996; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (4) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); ynnnnnnnnnyy (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 9.22 mg (7.8-10.34 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.39 mg/mm3 (0.38-0.4 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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ABRS_20231620Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_20091818E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
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Fonseca_2000513C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
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.
NHNSW_2014_21012Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013810W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Leishman_199577M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Butler_200455D. 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.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
NSWFRD_201444B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Gallagher_201233R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
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Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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