Bulbophyllum shepherdii
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bolbophyllum sphepherdi Rchb.f. (orthographic variant)
- Bulbophyllum crassulaefolium Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
- Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
- Bulbophyllum intermedium F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. var. shepherdii (nomenclatural synonym)
- Bulbophyllum shepherdii var. intermedium (F.M.Bailey) Nicholls (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium crassulaefolium A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium crassulifolium A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium shepherdi F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dendrobium shepherdii F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dendrobium shepherdii F.Muell. var. shepherdii (nomenclatural synonym)
- Oxysepala intermedia (F.M.Bailey) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
- Oxysepala shepherdii (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phyllorchis shepherdii Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phyllorkis shepherdii (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), 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 19 traits from 25 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): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (1); obovate (1); ovate (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); lithophyte (1) [sources: 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): nnnnnnnnyyyn (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/. |
| 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. |
| 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. |