Cryptandra sp. Floriferous (W.R.Barker 4131)

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Cryptandra sp. Floriferous (W.R.Barker 4131) W.R.Barker

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cryptandra amara var. floribunda Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
Cryptandra tomentosa var. 2 (taxonomic synonym)

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

Cryptandra amara Sm. (pro parte misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (5), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 92 records in 11 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 (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: Clarke_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyynnn (2); nnnnnyyyyyyn (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2); sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	57	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	7	8	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	5	5	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.
SAH_2023	4	4	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	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.
Clarke_2009	3	3	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
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/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
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.