AusTraits

Boerhavia albiflora

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Family Nyctaginaceae

Taxonomy: Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg var. albiflora (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Boerhavia albiflora var. heronensis Fosberg (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Boerhavia diffusa L. (misapplied)
  • Boerhavia repens L. (misapplied)
  • Boerhavia tetrandra G.Forst. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): CoI, AR, NT, Qld, CSI, LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 57 records in 10 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): 4.25 mm (3.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 34.88 mm (10-62 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 42 mm (42-42 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.92 cm (0.5-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (3); erect (1); prostrate (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NTH_2014]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
NTH_2023810D. 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.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NTH_201444Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
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.
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.