Caladenia patersonii

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Caladenia patersonii R.Br.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Caladenia patersoni Rchb.f. (orthographic variant)
Caladenia patersoni var. typica Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Caladenia patersonii R.Br. var. patersonii (nomenclatural synonym)
Calonema patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)
Calonemorchis patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (7), Cheal_2017 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (42), Williams_2011 (11), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 82 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: White_2020]
post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1767.15 mm2 (1767.15-1767.15 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (20-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); oblong (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): orchid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.42 m (0.35-0.5 m) [sources: Mokany_2015; SAH_2014]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	42	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Williams_2011	11	11	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
ABRS_2023	5	7	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	6	7	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Cheal_2017	1	1	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.