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Atriplex acutiloba

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Family Chenopodiaceae

Taxonomy: Atriplex acutiloba R.H.Anderson

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Atriplex acutiloba R.H.Anderson var. acutiloba (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Atriplex acutiloba var. eu-acutiloba Aellen (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Atriplex acutiloba var. velutinelliforme Aellen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Atriplex acutiloba var. velutinelliformis Aellen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Atriplex acutilobum R.H.Anderson (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (9), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_3 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 58 records in 14 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): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 21.5 mm2 (21.5-21.5 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 31.67 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11.8 mm (3.6-30 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2 mg (2-2 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 112.36 g/m2 (112.36-112.36 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1); rhomboidal (1); widely_elliptical (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Kew_2019_3]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (1) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.68 mg (1.68-1.68 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_2023911N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202389Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_202389S. 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/.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NHNSW_202255N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Kew_2019_333Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_202211Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.