Crassula decumbens var. decumbens

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Family Crassulaceae

Taxonomy: Crassula decumbens Thunb. var. decumbens

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Crassula decumbens subsp. macrantha Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Crassula macrantha (Hook.f.) Diels & E.Pritz. (taxonomic synonym)
Crassula macrantha (Hook.f.) Diels & E.Pritz. var. macrantha (taxonomic synonym)
Crassula macrantha var. nuda Ostenf. (taxonomic synonym)
Tillaea macrantha Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Tillaea macrantha Hook.f. var. macrantha (taxonomic synonym)
Tillaea macrantha var. sepalosa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Tillaea micrantha Tate (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Tsakalos_2020 (16), WAH_2022_2 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36), Williams_2005 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 96 records in 12 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 (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): cam (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2005]
life_history (categorical): annual (7) [sources: Cheal_2017; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
plant_succulence (categorical): succulent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (3); erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3); vegetative (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.01 mg (0.01-0.01 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_2020	15	16	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
NHNSW_2023	7	9	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	8	8	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.
WAH_2022_2	4	7	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Williams_2005	5	5	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.
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/.
NSWFRD_2014	2	2	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.
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.