Stephania japonica var. discolor

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Family Menispermaceae

Taxonomy: Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cissampelos hernandiifolia Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
Clypea discolor Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
Stephania australis A.Gray (taxonomic synonym)
Stephania australis Miers (taxonomic synonym)
Stephania discolor (Blume) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
Stephania gaudichaudii A.Gray (taxonomic synonym)
Stephania hernandiaefolia Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
Stephania hernandifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Stephania hernandiifolia (Willd.) Walp. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic (presumed extinct)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (5), ATRP_2020 (1), BRAIN_2007 (1), Baker_2019 (2), Clarke_2015 (2), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), Kubiak_2009 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 81 records in 16 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): resprouts (6) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 97.5 mm (40-180 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 72.5 mm (30-140 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 7.5 cm (3-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1); peltate (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
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): endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: BRAIN_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2) [sources: Baker_2019; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.33 mg (0.94-19.72 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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/.
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.
NSWFRD_2014	8	8	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.
ABRS_2023	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kubiak_2009	3	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Baker_2019	2	2	A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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/.
ABRS_2022	1	1	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
BRAIN_2007	1	1	Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.