Colobanthus curtisiae
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Taxonomy: Colobanthus curtisiae J.G.West
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Colobanthus aff. apetalus (Alpine) Vic. Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Jordan_2001 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 51 records in 7 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (25-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.3 mm (0.3-0.3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.04 m (0.04-0.04 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 13 | 16 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Jordan_2001 | 6 | 6 | G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024. |
| 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. |
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |