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Cyclospermum leptophyllum

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aethusa leptophylla (Pers.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Apium ammi Urb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Apium ammi var. genuinum H.Wolff (taxonomic synonym)
  • Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F.Muell. var. leptophyllum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Apium tenuifolium (Moench) Thell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ciclospermum leptophyllum Sprague (orthographic variant)
  • Cnidium tenuifolium Moench (taxonomic synonym)
  • Helosciadium leptophyllum (Pers.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimpinella leptophylla Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Seseli ammi Savi (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sison ammi L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (1), Kubiak_2009 (2), Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (11), NHNSW_2024 (6), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 77 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.08 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.1-2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 39 mm (25-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.82 mm (0.3-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); spreading (1) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1); nnnnnnnnyynn (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.15-0.7 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231014D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2911Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023911VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023610S. 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_202446N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_200711G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201111C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.