Asperula tetraphylla
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Asperula tetraphylla (Airy Shaw & Turrill) I.Thomps.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asperula euryphylla var. tetraphylla Airy Shaw & Turrill (nomenclatural synonym)
- Asperula oligantha F.Muell. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asperula gunnii Hook.f. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 8 traits from 9 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draper_2023 | 4 | 4 | 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |