AusTraits

Bergia diacheiron

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Family Elatinaceae

Taxonomy: Bergia diacheiron Verdon ex G.J.Leach

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bergia sp. (Windorah S.L.Everist 3980) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (22), Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 59 records in 8 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (1.5-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.95 mm (1.4-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); self (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.3-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.15-0.25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231522Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231319D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.