Baeometra uniflora

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Family Colchicaceae

Taxonomy: Baeometra uniflora (Jacq.) G.J.Lewis

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Melanthium uniflorum Jacq. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), 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 19 traits from 43 records in 11 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_length (numerical): 40 mm (40-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 250 mm (250-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.18-0.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	10	10	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. 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/.
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.