Bulbophyllum exiguum

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Bulbophyllum exiguum F.Muell.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Adelopetalum exiguum (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Bolbophyllum exiguum F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Bulbophyllum exiguum F.Muell. var. exiguum (nomenclatural synonym)
Dendrobium caleyi A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium cunninghami Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium exiguum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Dendrobium pygmaeum A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
Phyllorchis exigua Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Phyllorkis exigua (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Hughes_1992 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 29 records in 7 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): green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 28 mm (6-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (2.5-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (2); lithophyte (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); prostrate (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyynnnnnnn (1); nnyyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (1); rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	8	10	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	5	5	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	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.