AusTraits

Brachyscome kaputarensis

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome kaputarensis P.S.Short

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachyscome sp. aff. angustifolia (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome sp. aff. angustifolia (Mt Kaputar N.P., Short 3944) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachyscome angustifolia var. heterophylla (Benth.) G.L.Davis (pro parte misapplied)
  • Brachyscome angustifolia var. heterophylla (Benth.) G.L.Davis (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 28 records in 5 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): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.3 mm (2-2.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); green (1); grey (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 27.75 mm (4-55 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.35 mm (0.4-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblanceolate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231017N. 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/.
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/.
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.