AusTraits

Ranunculus sceleratus subsp. sceleratus

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Family Ranunculaceae

Taxonomy: Ranunculus sceleratus L. subsp. sceleratus

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

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (formerly naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (13), Catford_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 45 records in 8 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_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 20.5 cm (2-30 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 71.59 g/m2 (71.59-71.59 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); reniform (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); biennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): semiaquatic (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.2 mg (0.2-0.2 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.65 m (0.2-0.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231013Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023911VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Catford_201477J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.