Calandrinia polyandra

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Family Portulacaceae

Taxonomy: Calandrinia polyandra Benth.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Calandrinia polyandra Benth. var. polyandra (nomenclatural synonym)
Calandrinia polyandra var. leptophylla Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Claytonia polyandra (Benth.) Tate (nomenclatural synonym)
Parakeelya polyandra (Benth.) Hershk. (nomenclatural synonym)
Rumicastrum polyandrum (Benth.) Carolin ex Hershk. (nomenclatural synonym)
Talinum polyandrum Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 55 records in 14 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

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-6.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 167 mm2 (167-167 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991]
leaf_length (numerical): 57.5 mm (35-80 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Jurado_1991; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (1) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.15 mg (0.03-0.35 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.1-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	15	20	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/.
Jurado_1991	6	6	E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
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.
Sweedman_2006	1	3	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
ANBG_2019	1	2	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.