Corybas unguiculatus

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Corybas unguiculatus (R.Br.) Rchb.f.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Anzybas globulus D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel. (taxonomic synonym)
Anzybas unguiculatus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Corybas globulus (D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel.) J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Corybas globulus (D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel.) L.M.Copel. & D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Corysanthes unguiculata R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (8), ABRS_2023 (14), Cheal_2017 (6), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (7), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (8), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2), White_2020 (42), Williams_2011 (10), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 137 records in 18 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 (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 20.2 mm (5-36 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 16.62 mm (10-26 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (4); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): orchid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyynnnnn (1); nnnnyyyynnnn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.03 m (0.03-0.03 m) [sources: SAH_2014]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	42	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	5	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	8	10	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_2011	10	10	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
ABRS_2022	4	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	7	8	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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	8	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.
NHNSW_2023	5	7	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/.
Cheal_2017	6	6	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
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/.
Wenk_2022	2	4	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
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/.
Wenk_2023	1	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
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.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.