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Blandfordia grandiflora

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Family Blandfordiaceae

Taxonomy: Blandfordia grandiflora R.Br.

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Blandfordia aurea Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia cunninghamii var. splendens W.Bull (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea Lindl. ex Paxton (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea Lindl. ex Paxton var. flammea (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea var. aurea (Hook.f.) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea var. aurea (Hook.f.) Har. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea var. aurea F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia flammea var. princeps (W.G.Sm.) Baker (taxonomic synonym)
  • Blandfordia grandiflora R.Br. var. grandiflora (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Blandfordia princeps W.G.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), ANBG_2019 (6), Chen_2017 (5), Hughes_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 92 records in 16 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (2); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 60 mm (60-60 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 700 mm (700-700 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); involute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2); ynnnnnnnnnny (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • storage_organ (categorical): corm (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2 mg (1.44-2.49 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.93 mm (2.93-2.93 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.4 mm (2.4-2.4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222226L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231213Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231213N. 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/.
ANBG_201956Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NSWFRD_201455B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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.
ABRS_198133B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.