Bulbophyllum schillerianum

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Bulbophyllum schillerianum Rchb.f.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)

Bolbophyllum aurantiacum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Bolbophyllum schillerianum Rchb.f. (orthographic variant)
Bulbophyllum aurantiacum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Bulbophyllum aurantiacum F.Muell. var. aurantiacum (taxonomic synonym)
Bulbophyllum aurantiacum var. wattsii F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium aurantiacum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium shepherdi var. platyphyllum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium shepherdii var. platyphyllum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Oxysepala schilleriana (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Oxysepala schilleriana (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. subsp. schilleriana (nomenclatural synonym)
Oxysepala schilleriana subsp. maritima D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
Phyllorchis aurantiaca Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Phyllorkis aurantiaca (F.Muell.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 24 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): 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): 57.5 mm (15-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 16.5 mm (8-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (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 (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (1); rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	7	9	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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.