Vincetoxicum forsteri

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Vincetoxicum forsteri Meve & Liede

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Tylophora linearis P.I.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tylophora sp. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (14), SPRAT_2025_2 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 44 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

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 97.5 mm (95-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (10-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.92 mm (0.5-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.28 cm (0.1-0.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (2); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2024	12	14	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	8	10	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	8	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	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.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SPRAT_2025_2	2	2	F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.