Vigna radiata var. sublobata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Vigna radiata var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Phaseolus setulosus Dalzell (taxonomic synonym)
Phaseolus sublobatus Roxb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Phaseolus trinervius Wight & Arn. (taxonomic synonym)
Vigna brachycarpa Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
Vigna opisotricha A.Rich. (taxonomic synonym)
Vigna radiata var. setulosa (Dalzell) Ohwi & H.Ohashi (taxonomic synonym)
Vigna vexillata var. sublobata Dunlop (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Metcalfe_2009 (15), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NTH_2014 (14), Nano_2011 (1), WAH_2022_2 (6), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 66 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 65 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4800 mm2 (4800-4800 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 84 mm (30-160 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (7-83 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
petiole_length (numerical): 13 cm (5-21 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (2); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (2); herb (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.09 mg (3.3-12.94 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (1) [sources: NTH_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.58 m (0.15-1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	12	16	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/.
Metcalfe_2009	15	15	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
NTH_2014	10	14	Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
WAH_2022_2	3	6	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_2007	1	1	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	1	1	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.