Calandrinia brevipedata

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Family Portulacaceae

Taxonomy: Calandrinia brevipedata F.Muell.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Calanda cygnorum (Diels) Prain (taxonomic synonym)
Calandrinia cygnorum Diels (taxonomic synonym)
Claytonia brevipedata (F.Muell.) Tate (nomenclatural synonym)
Parakeelya brevipedata (F.Muell.) Hershk. (nomenclatural synonym)
Rumicastrum brevipedatum (F.Muell.) Carolin ex Hershk. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (16), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 86 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3.5-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
plant_succulence (categorical): succulent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (3); prostrate (3) [sources: SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (2); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.25-0.25 m) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	14	18	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/.
Tsakalos_2020	15	16	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
SAH_2014	2	4	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.
SAH_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.