Solanum rixosum
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Family Solanaceae
Taxonomy: Solanum rixosum A.R.Bean
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Solanum sp. (Benarkin R.J.Henderson H297) (taxonomic synonym)
- Solanum sp. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
- Solanum sp. B (aff. sporadotrichum) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Solanum furfuraceum R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (11), Pate_1998 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 37 records in 6 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): 1806.62 mm2 (1381.8-2319.59 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
- leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (35-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 28.7 g/m2 (27.05-30.55 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; 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]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.91 {delta}[ppth] (-27.91--27.91 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.68-0.68 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kooyman_2011 | 9 | 13 | 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. |
| McCarthy_2017 | 3 | 11 | 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. |