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Cymbidium canaliculatum

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br.

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br. f. canaliculatum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br. var. canaliculatum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum var. marginatum Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii (Rendle) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium hillii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Brock_1993 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 94 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 3.5 cm (2.5-4.5 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1903.5 mm2 (1903.5-1903.5 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 333.33 mm (100-500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25.5 mm (9.5-40 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1064 mg (1064-1064 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 555.56 g/m2 (555.56-555.56 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); ovate (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): cam (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221011L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023810N. 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/.
Brock_199379J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
ABRS_202357Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Fonseca_200044C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. 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.
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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.