Babiana angustifolia
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Family Iridaceae
Taxonomy: Babiana angustifolia Sweet
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Acaste pulchra Salisb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Babiana pulchra (Salisb.) G.J.Lewis (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Babiana disticha Ker Gawl. (misapplied)
- Babiana plicata (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. (misapplied)
- Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (14), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 30 records in 9 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 (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (70-170 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12 mm (7-17 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3.25 cm (0.5-6 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): corm (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.26 m (0.12-0.4 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 10 | 14 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2023_1 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |
| Yang_2023 | 1 | 1 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |