Pipturus argenteus

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Family Urticaceae

Taxonomy: Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Boehmeria irritans Ridl. (taxonomic synonym)
Boehmeria propinqua Decne. (taxonomic synonym)
Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd. var. argenteus (nomenclatural synonym)
Pipturus argenteus var. calcicola Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Pipturus argenteus var. calcicolus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Pipturus argenteus var. lanosus Skottsb. (taxonomic synonym)
Pipturus propinquus (Decne.) Wedd. (taxonomic synonym)
Urtica argentea G.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): ChI, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Apgaua_2017 (12), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (12), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 77 traits from 168 records in 24 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 (3); resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (4); nut (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3); fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 8670 mm2 (8670-8670 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 108.88 mm (30-184 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 47.38 mm (10-85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 6.1 cm (1.1-12 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); ovate (3); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); oblique (1); obtuse (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Apgaua_2017; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RussellSmith_2012]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -32.02 {delta}[ppth] (-32.02--32.02 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.32 mg (0.2-0.51 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.36 mg/mm3 (0.36-0.36 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 7.53 {count}/mm2 (7.53-7.53 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 129.96 um (129.96-129.96 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.1 mm2/mm2 (0.1-0.1 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 8.5 m (6-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	14	20	N. 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/.
Metcalfe_2009	18	18	E. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	11	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	10	13	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cooper_2013	10	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Wright_2000	5	5	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.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.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. 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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.