Caleana disjuncta

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Caleana disjuncta (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem.

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)

Caleana aff. nigrita (taxonomic synonym)
Caleana sp. aff. nigrita (taxonomic synonym)
Caleana sp. aff. nigrita (Grampians) (taxonomic synonym)
Caleana sp. aff. nigrita (Horsham) (taxonomic synonym)
Paracaleana aff. nigrita (taxonomic synonym)
Paracaleana disjuncta D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)
Paracaleana linearifolia J.R.Wheeler, N.G.Marchant & M.Lewington (taxonomic synonym)
Paracaleana linearifolia N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Paracaleana linearifolia Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Paracaleana sp. aff. nigrita (Horsham) (taxonomic synonym)
Sullivania disjuncta (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (1), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 61 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 18.75 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.12 mm (1.5-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: 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): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	21	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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.
RBGV_2023	7	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	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.
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.
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.