AusTraits

Stephania japonica

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Family Menispermaceae

Taxonomy: Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cocculus japonicus (Thunb.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Menispermum japonicum Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stephania pallidula Miers (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (14), BRAIN_2007 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2012 (3), Hughes_1992 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (6), NTH_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (2), Wells_2012 (66), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 196 records in 26 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (8) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3575.67 mm2 (1267.49-8000 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (40-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 75.17 mm (40-140 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 56.4 mg (25.3-85 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 7.5 cm (3-12 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 29.71 g/m2 (19.35-38.46 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.16-0.19 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (2); peltate (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (5); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (2); herb (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1); insect (1) [sources: Wells_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (5) [sources: BRAIN_2007; Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (3); vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Wells_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyynyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.23 mg (14.04-23.6 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.32 mg/mm3 (0.27-0.34 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_20122266J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231014Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wright_20001010I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
NTH_202369D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Leishman_199577M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NHNSW_202366N. 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/.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Gallagher_201233R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
ABRS_198122B. 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/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
WAH_2022_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
BRAIN_200711Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.