Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

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Family Cactaceae

Taxonomy: Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Opuntia leptocaulis DC. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 42 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 14.5 mm (9-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1); orange (1); purple (1); red (2); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 7.75 mm (6.5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); linear (1); terete (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]

seed morphology

seed_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (2); polyhedral (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.1 m (0.4-1.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	16	23	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
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.