Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. Short leaflets (V.Stajsic 196)

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Family Araliaceae

Taxonomy: Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. Short leaflets (V.Stajsic 196) Vic. Herbarium

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Panax angustifolius F.Muell. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Polyscias sambucifolia f. type (taxonomic synonym)
Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. 3 (taxonomic synonym)
Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. B (taxonomic synonym)
Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. sambucifolia (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 86 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 24 mo (24-24 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (20-300 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); linear (1); oblong (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (3) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (2); yynnnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	60	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	10	14	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.