Austrocylindropuntia subulata
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Family Cactaceae
Taxonomy: Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Opuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Engelm. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Peireskia subulata Muehlenpf. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pereskia subulata Muehlenpf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (24), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 42 records in 6 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): 82.5 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 77 mm (18-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (2.5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): subulate (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (4.5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 7.25 mm (4.5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 16 | 24 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 6 | 8 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |