AusTraits

Phytolacca dioica

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Family Phytolaccaceae

Taxonomy: Phytolacca dioica L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 39 records in 6 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): dioecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (70-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 68.75 mm (50-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 7.5 cm (7-8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (2); widely_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 (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7 m (7-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231216N. 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_20231313Australian 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.