Corunastylis rufa

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Corunastylis rufa (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)

Corunastylis mucronata (Rupp) D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Corunastylis obovata (Rupp) D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Corunastylis unica (Rupp) D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Genoplesium rufum (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Prasophyllum mucronatum Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
Prasophyllum obovatum Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
Prasophyllum rufum R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Prasophyllum rufum R.Br. var. rufum (nomenclatural synonym)
Prasophyllum rufum var. intermedium Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Prasophyllum unicum Rupp (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (12), ABRS_2023 (20), Draper_2023 (3), Kubiak_2009 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Purdie_1976 (3), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (105). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 193 records in 16 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 (9) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (4) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (100-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (6) [sources: Purdie_1976; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (6) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (6) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (6) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyynnnnnn (5); yyyyynnnnnnn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (5) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.23 m (0.08-0.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (5) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	105	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	4	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_2006	4	16	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.
ABRS_2022	3	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
NHNSW_2023	4	5	N. 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/.
SAH_2023	5	5	S. 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/.
Kubiak_2009	3	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Purdie_1976	3	3	R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. 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_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.