AusTraits

Stephania japonica var. timoriensis

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Family Menispermaceae

Taxonomy: Stephania japonica var. timoriensis (DC.) Forman

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cocculus forsteri DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cocculus japonicus var. timoriensis DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stephania forsteri (DC.) A.Gray (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stephania japonica var. timorensis B.Hyland (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (5), ATRP_2020 (1), BRAIN_2007 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (10), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NTH_2014 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 49 records in 12 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • 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): 120 mm (40-180 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 82.5 mm (40-140 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5.5 cm (3-8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2); peltate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: BRAIN_2007]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 19.72 mg (19.72-19.72 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]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231114N. 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_2011810R. 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.
NTH_201479Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
ABRS_202355Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. 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_202211Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ATRP_202011F. 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_200711Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.