Bryophyllum pinnatum
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Family Crassulaceae
Taxonomy: Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Calanchoe pinnata Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Cotyledon pinnata Lam. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): CoI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 21 records in 6 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
- flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.15 m (0.3-2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | N. 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_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Mesaglio_2022 | 1 | 1 | T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |