Solanum ferox
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Family Solanaceae
Taxonomy: Solanum ferox L.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Solanum involucratum Blume (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): ChI, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 27 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 180 mm (180-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 150 mm (150-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 6.5 cm (5-8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 18 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |