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Ripogonum album

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Family Ripogonaceae

Taxonomy: Ripogonum album R.Br.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Rhipogonum album F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Rhipogonum album var. leptostachya Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhipogonum papuanum C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ripogonum album R.Br. var. album (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ripogonum album var. leptostachya Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ripogonum mooreanum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ripogonum moorianum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ripogonum papuanum C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (20), ATRP_2020 (1), BRAIN_2007 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (11), Laxton_2005 (11), Leishman_2007 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (19), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (66), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 96 traits from 236 records in 23 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): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11.75 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.88 mm (6-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10.5 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3530.27 mm2 (2278.98-5088.33 mm2) [sources: Laxton_2005; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 126.25 mm (60-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 44.38 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 128.06 mg (81.33-201.99 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.92 cm (0.5-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 71.3 g/m2 (35.69-95.52 g/m2) [sources: Laxton_2005; Leishman_2007; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.2-0.23 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (2); whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (3); climber_herbaceous (6); climber_woody (2); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_2007; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); insect (1) [sources: Wells_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: BRAIN_2007; Butler_2004; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (3); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); nyyynnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyynnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.47 mg/g (11-13.94 mg/g) [sources: Laxton_2005; Leishman_2007]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5.67 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.45 mg/mm3 (0.33-0.53 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_20122266J. 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.
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231319N. 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/.
RBGV_20231319VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221516L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011811R. 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.
Laxton_20051111E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
Leishman_200777M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
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.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
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/.
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.
BRAIN_200711Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.