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Centratherum riparium

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Centratherum riparium (A.Cunn. ex DC.) A.R.Bean

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ampherephis mutica Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Centaurea riparia A.Cunn. ex DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Centratherum australianum (K.Kirkman) A.R.Bean (taxonomic synonym)
  • Centratherum muticum (Kunth) Less. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Centratherum punctatum subsp. australianum K.Kirkman (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 42 records in 8 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): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 39.75 mm (19-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 13 mm (6-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody_base (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); sprawling (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.88 m (0.5-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231215Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wright_200022I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.