AusTraits

Alstroemeria aurea

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Family Alstroemeriaceae

Taxonomy: Alstroemeria aurea Graham

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Alstroemeria aurantiaca D.Don (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (5), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), NHNSW_2024 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (30). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 87 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 14 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 93.33 mm (70-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3); root_tuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212430J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_20231523Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202466N. 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/.
ABRS_198145B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.