Polyscias cissodendron
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Family Araliaceae
Taxonomy: Polyscias cissodendron (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Harms
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Nothopanax cissodendron (C.Moore & F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Panax cissodendron C.Moore & F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polyscias kissodendron Harms (orthographic variant)
- Tieghemopanax cissodendron (F.Muell.) R.Vig. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): LHI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 23 records in 4 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_length (numerical): 4 mm (3.5-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3.5-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 142.5 mm (40-350 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 21.5 mm (18-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2024 | 11 | 17 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |