Apium prostratum var. prostratum
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Family Apiaceae
Taxonomy: Apium prostratum Vent. var. prostratum
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Apium australe var. angustisectum H.Wolff (nomenclatural synonym)
- Apium australe var. latisectum H.Wolff (doubtful pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Apium australe var. β Hook.f. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Apium prostratum var. β Cheeseman (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Apium australe Thouars (pro parte misapplied)
- Apium graveolens L. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), NHNSW_2024 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (5), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 52 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.3-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.3-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- 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 (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
- 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): anemochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.31 mg (1.31-1.31 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 7 | 9 | 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/. |
| RBGV_2023 | 6 | 6 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 5 | 5 | 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. |
| Burrows_2008_2 | 4 | 4 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 2 | 2 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |