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Rhynchosia minima

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dolichos minimus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. var. minima (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rhynchosia minima var. amaliae Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhynchosia minima var. eurycarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhynchosia minima var. tomentosa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhynchosia sp. (Mt Isa L.Pedley 5262) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Crowley_2007 (2), Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (2), Hall_1981 (9), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (14), Kew_2019_2 (1), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (9), Kooyman_2011 (12), Lord_1997 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (24), Nano_2011 (2), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (26), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 195 records in 30 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 (2); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13.83 mm (6-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.42 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 356.28 mm2 (267-445.55 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 29.27 mm (8-100 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.72 mm (7-40 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 34.87 mg (34.87-34.87 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3.42 cm (0.7-6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 78.68 g/m2 (78.68-78.68 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.4 g/g (0.4-0.4 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); orbicular (3); ovate (3); rhomboidal (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2); rounded (2); truncate (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (4); herb (8) [sources: ATRP_2020; Curtis_2012; Hall_1981; Jurado_1991; Kooyman_2011; Lord_1997; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Curtis_2012; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody_root (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Jurado_1991]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2); prostrate (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); barochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; Lord_1997; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.4 mg (5.47-19.13 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1; Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.98 mm (1.5-4.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); reniform (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SAH_20231626S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NTH_20231424D. 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/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
Kew_2019_1114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_20231114N. 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/.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
Hall_198139T. J. Hall. “The nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of some pasture species in the Dichanthium-Eulalia Grasslands of North-West Queensland.”. The Rangeland Journal 3.1 (1981), pp. 67-73. doi: 10.1071/rj9810067.
Kew_2019_619Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Jurado_199166E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Lord_199733J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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_201433Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Draper_202322J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Nano_201122C. 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.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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_211Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.