Aciphylla glacialis

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Aciphylla glacialis (F.Muell.) Benth.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Gingidium glaciale F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (22), Cheal_2017 (8), Geange_2017 (1519), Geange_2020 (649), Jagdish_2020 (10), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (1), Lunt_2012 (1), Morgan_2014 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Tolsma_2007 (7), Vesk_2007 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 91 traits from 2,325 records in 22 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 (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Tolsma_2007; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.28 cm (0.25-0.3 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (5.5-10.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.45 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1936.06 mm2 (26.2-4176.29 mm2) [sources: Geange_2017; Geange_2020; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 145 mm (20-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (10-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 101.33 mg (11.1-355.9 mg) [sources: Geange_2017]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 159.53 g/m2 (78.48-1527.04 g/m2) [sources: Geange_2017; Geange_2020; Pickering_2014; Vesk_2007]
leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 2.48 mm2/mg (0.39-12.54 mm2/mg) [sources: Geange_2020]
leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.69 g/g (0.36-0.88 g/g) [sources: Geange_2017]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.25-0.73 g/g) [sources: Geange_2017; Pickering_2014]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Tolsma_2007; Vesk_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; RBGV_2022; Tolsma_2007; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (2); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 26.32 mg/g (7-75 mg/g) [sources: Geange_2017]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.51 {delta}[ppth] (-29.55--23.43 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Geange_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.97 mg (3.22-9.35 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Lunt_2012; Morgan_2014]
seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7.5-7.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 2.73 mm (2.73-2.73 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.56 m (0.25-0.7 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Geange_2017	19	1519	S. R. Geange, V. F. Briceno, N. C. Aitken, J. A. Ramirez-Valiente, M. Holloway-Phillips, and A. B. Nicotra. “Phenotypic plasticity and water availability: responses of alpine herb species along an elevation gradient”. Climate Change Responses 4.1 (2017), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40665-017-0033-8.
Geange_2020	7	649	S. R. Geange, M. Holloway-Phillips, V. F. Briceno, and A. B. Nicotra. “Aciphylla glacialis mortality, growth and frost resistance: a field warming experiment”. Australian Journal of Botany 67.8 (2020), pp. 599-609. doi: 10.1071/bt19034.
ANBG_2019	6	22	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	17	19	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
RBGV_2023	11	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024	8	11	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/.
Jagdish_2020	2	10	A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NHNSW_2014_2	7	9	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Tolsma_2007	6	7	A. D. Tolsma, S. M. Read, and K. G. Tolhurst. “Roots of Australian alpine plant species contain high levels of stored carbohydrates independent of post-fire regeneration strategy”. Australian Journal of Botany 55.8 (2007), pp. 771-779. doi: 10.1071/BT06216.
Vesk_2007	2	7	P. Vesk. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for flora of Falls Creek Victoria, University of Melbourne”. 2007.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Pickering_2014	4	4	C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Morgan_2014	3	3	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
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.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lunt_2012	1	1	I. Lunt and J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from various Morgan and Lunt projects 1990-2012, Charles Sturt & La Trobe University”. 2012.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.