Anacampseros australiana

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Family Portulacaceae

Taxonomy: Anacampseros australiana J.M.Black

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Calandrinia pogonophora F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Claytonia pogonophora (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Grahamia australiana (J.M.Black) G.D.Rowley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2024 (15), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (1), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (15). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 109 records in 16 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 18.33 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2014]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); oblanceolate (3); obovate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): cam (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnynnnnnny (1); nnnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.12 mg (0.12-0.12 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_length (numerical): 0.72 mm (0.7-0.77 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.65 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2); sectoroid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
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.
NHNSW_2024	12	15	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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	13	15	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
SAH_2023	13	14	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NTH_2023	9	13	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	5	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2014	2	4	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.