Scindapsus altissimus
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Family Araceae
Taxonomy: Scindapsus altissimus Alderw.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 31 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 245 mm (200-290 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); multiple_fruit (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- petiole_length (numerical): 80 cm (80-80 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): lithophyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): sprawling (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 60 m (60-60 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 11 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 9 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ATRP_2020 | 1 | 1 | F. 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |