Canscora diffusa

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Family Gentianaceae

Taxonomy: Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Gentiana diffusa Vahl (nomenclatural synonym)
Orthostemon erectum R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), ATRP_2020 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (35). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 87 records in 13 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); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.32 cm (0.3-0.35 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 28 mm (18-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 19 mm (8-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.06 mg (0.06-0.06 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.15 mm (0.15-0.15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid_flattened (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.1-0.3 m) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	25	35	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	13	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	11	14	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ATRP_2020	3	3	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
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_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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.