Tetrapanax papyrifer
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Family Araliaceae
Taxonomy: Tetrapanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aralia papyrifera Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Panax papyrifer (Hook.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Panax papyriferum B.D.Jacks. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Tetrapanax papyriferum Domin (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): WA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (12), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (33). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 61 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 345 mm (140-550 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 180 mm (80-280 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
- petiole_length (numerical): 30 cm (5-55 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3.67 m (3-4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_2021 | 27 | 33 | J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 9 | 12 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 6 | 8 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |