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Carpobrotus aequilaterus

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Family Aizoaceae

Taxonomy: Carpobrotus aequilaterus (Haw.) N.E.Br.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Carpobrotus aequilateralis (Willd.) J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Carpobrotus disparilis N.E.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale Haw. ex Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale var. decagynum DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mesembryanthemum aequilaterum Haw. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mesembryanthemum edule var. aequilaterum (Haw.) Moss (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2024 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 75 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) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (14-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (35-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (3); not_glaucous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (3); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.2 mm (1-1.4 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SAH_20231014S. 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/.
NHNSW_2024811N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023810Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023810VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_144Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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_200633A. 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.
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.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.