Sicyos australis

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Family Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy: Sicyos australis Endl.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Sicyos aff. australis (b) (AK 289786; Mangere Stonefields) (taxonomic synonym)
Sicyos fretensis Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Sicyos angulatus L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Hyland_2003 (1), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (23), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Yang_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 175 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); capsule (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 25025 mm2 (25025-25025 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 60.5 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_width (numerical): 71 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
petiole_length (numerical): 4.38 cm (1-10 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (5); lobed_deep (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_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 (2); climber_herbaceous (4); herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; TMAG_2009]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); endozoochory (2); epizoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Hyland_2003; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); passive (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyynnnn (1); yynnnnnyyyyy (1); yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 14.94 mg (11.2-18.68 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 4.17 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Jordan_2001; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	16	23	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	14	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	15	16	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	11	15	N. 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/.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	R. 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.
TMAG_2009	10	12	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. 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.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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.
Hyland_2003	1	1	B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
NHNSW_2016	1	1	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.