AusTraits

Phytolacca americana

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Family Phytolaccaceae

Taxonomy: Phytolacca americana L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Phytolacca decandra L. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (32). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 76 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 130 mm (40-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody (1); woody_base (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (1-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212832J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_20231218N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231414Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.