Smilax leucophylla

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Family Smilacaceae

Taxonomy:

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Chen_2017 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 25 records in 5 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): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 210 mm (100-320 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 130 mm (40-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (2-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	11	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, 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.
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	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. 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/.