plant_climbing_mechanism

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• Label: Plant climbing mechanisms
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030021
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A whole plant [PO:0000003] phenotype [NCIT:C16977] trait that indicates stem [PO:0009047] and leaf [PO:0025034] structures [PATO:0000141] and physical mechanisms [NCIT:C25343] a plant uses to climb [NCIT:C81002] up other plants or substrates.;Mechanisms plants use to climb, including both specialised leaf and stem adaptations and stem growth habits.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  adventitious_roots	Roots arising from stem nodes which cling to a host plant.
  hooks	Curved stem outgrowths which allow climbers to cling to a host plant.
  scrambling	Stem growth habit, where the plant stems are too weak to support themselves, and instead lean on and are supported by host vegetation. There are no specialised structures employed.
  spines	Straight stem outgrowths (including true spines as well as thorns and prickles) which allow climbers to cling to a host plant.
  tendrils	Modified leaves, petioles, or specialised axillary shoots that coil tightly, forming a specialised structure for climbing.
  twining	Stem growth habit, where the plant stems twist or coil around a host plant to provide support.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030021) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 222 records. This includes:

• data for 198 species.
• data for 53 families.
• data from 8 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)