AusTraits

Piper hederaceum var. hederaceum

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Family Piperaceae

Taxonomy: Piper hederaceum (Miq.) C.DC. var. hederaceum

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

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (11), ATRP_2020 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Ooi_2007 (100), Wells_2012 (66), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 213 records in 11 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); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.75 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2173.84 mm2 (898.06-3624.18 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 91.25 mm (30-155 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 67.25 mm (20-135 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 58.6 mg (16.46-99.36 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 26.91 g/m2 (18.33-33.89 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.12 g/g (0.09-0.14 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; 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): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 36.28 mg (20.4-49.7 mg) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.18 mg/mm3 (0.11-0.24 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20071100M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
Wells_20122266J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
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_2023912N. 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_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ATRP_202011F. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.