AusTraits

Rubus anglocandicans

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Rubus anglocandicans A.Newton

Misapplied names: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees (misapplied)
  • Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus fruticosus L. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus fruticosus L. (misapplied)
  • Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Boulay (misapplied)
  • Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Genev. (misapplied)
  • Rubus ulmifolius Schott (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus ulmifolius hybrids (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus ulmifolius hybrids (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (3), Burrows_2020 (3), Cheal_2017 (4), Dong_2017 (8), Kubiak_2009 (4), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 81 records in 19 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): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): compound_fruit_other (1); drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 73.75 mm (30-110 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 46.25 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (2-8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 84.43 g/m2 (84.43-84.43 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); sprawling (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1); root_crown (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Yang_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 25.97 mg/g (25.97-25.97 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.47 {delta}[ppth] (-26.47--26.47 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3 m (2-4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
Cheal_201744D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Kubiak_200934P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201444B. 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.
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/.
Yang_202324S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Burrows_2008_233N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202033N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.