Solanum gympiense
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Family Solanaceae
Taxonomy: Solanum gympiense Symon
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Solanum sp. 2 (taxonomic synonym)
- Solanum sp. Q2 (D.E.Symon, 1995) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: McCarthy_2017 (15), Pate_1998 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 28 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_type (categorical): berry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1033.93 mm2 (815.89-1546.09 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 65.68 g/m2 (56.23-72.6 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (1) [sources: Pate_1998; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Pate_1998; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- plant_succulence (categorical): not_succulent (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.6 {delta}[ppth] (-25.6--25.6 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.58 mg/mm3 (0.55-0.61 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCarthy_2017 | 3 | 15 | J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221. |
| Pate_1998 | 7 | 7 | J. S. Pate, M. J. Unkovich, P. D. Erskine, and G. R. Stewart. “Australian mulga ecosystems- 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance”. Plant, Cell and Environment 21.12 (1998), pp. 1231-1242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x. |
| 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. |