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Pothos longipes

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Family Araceae

Taxonomy: Pothos longipes Schott

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pothos australasicus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pothos loureiri Hook. & Arn. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (11), Gallagher_2012 (3), Grubb_1996 (2), Grubb_2008 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Metcalfe_2009 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2024 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 102 records in 17 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13.25 mm (8-24 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1350 mm2 (1350-1350 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 63.75 mm (15-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.25 mm (3-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 83.33 g/m2 (83.33-83.33 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.9 g/g (1.9-1.9 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (3); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (1); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): hemiepiphyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): adventitious_roots (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); fly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersers (categorical): bats (1); birds (1); mammals (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 124.5 mg (109-140 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_20091515E. 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.
NHNSW_2024713N. 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/.
ABRS_2023911Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wells_20121111J. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_202289L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_257Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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.
Gallagher_201233R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Grubb_200833P. J. Grubb, R. V. Jackson, I. M. Barberis, J. N. Bee, D. A. Coomes, N. J. Dominy, M. A. S. D. L. Fuente, P. W. Lucas, D. J. Metcalfe, J. Svenning, I. M. Turner, and O. Vargas. “Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: Correlations with toughness and leaf presentation”. Annals of Botany 101 (2008), pp. 1379-1389. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn047.
Grubb_199622P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.