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Rubus moorei

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Rubus moorei F.Muell.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Rubus moorei F.Muell. f. moorei (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rubus moorei F.Muell. var. moorei (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rubus moorei f. sericea C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rubus moorei var. leichhardtianus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rubus moorei var. tryoni Shirley (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rubus moorei var. tryonii Shirley (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rubus moorei var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 51 records in 11 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 (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1724 mm2 (1724-1724 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 24.87 mm (7-37.1 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 68 mg (68-68 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (3-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 39.22 g/m2 (39.22-39.22 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (1); herb (1); shrub (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (1); stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
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.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.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.
Clarke_200933P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_202211N. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.