Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Chamaescilla corymbosa (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth. var. corymbosa

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Caesia corymbosa R.Br. var. corymbosa (nomenclatural synonym)
Chamaescilla corymbosa var. alba Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
Chamaescilla tasmanica Gand. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), Morgan_2011_1 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Williams_2005 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 73 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 125 mm (50-200 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.88 mm (1.5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); undefined (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005]
storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1); stem_tuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.53 mg (0.53-0.53 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.19 m (0.05-0.25 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	14	19	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	7	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Williams_2005	4	4	N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
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_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.