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Calandrinia remota

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Family Portulacaceae

Taxonomy: Calandrinia remota J.M.Black

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Parakeelya remota (J.M.Black) Hershk. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rumicastrum remotum (J.M.Black) Carolin ex Hershk. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (15), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 83 records in 15 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): blue_purple (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (35-110 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2); oblong (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; 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 (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_succulence (categorical): succulent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (3); prostrate (1); rosette (2); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnynnnn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnyyynnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.05 mg (0.04-0.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1); orbicular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SAH_20231519S. 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_20201415J. 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.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_201424J. 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_202244S. 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_200644A. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. 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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.