Trichosanthes odontosperma
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Family Cucurbitaceae
Taxonomy: Trichosanthes odontosperma W.E.Cooper & A.J.Ford
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Trichosanthes sp. (taxonomic synonym)
- Trichosanthes sp. (Mt Lewis B.Gray 167) (taxonomic synonym)
- Trichosanthes sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
- Trichosanthes sp. Mount Lewis (B.Gray 167) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Trichosanthes sp. Mt Lewis (taxonomic synonym)
- Trichosanthes sp. Mt Lewis (BG 167) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 57 records in 8 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 (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 115 mm (90-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 75 mm (60-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_height (numerical): 75 mm (60-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 110 mm (70-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 112.5 mm (60-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- petiole_length (numerical): 7 cm (4-10 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (4); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 15.67 mm (13-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 14 | 21 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |