Dendrobium aemulum

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Dendrobium aemulum R.Br.

Synonyms: 21 (APC 2026-07-30)

Callista aemula (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Dendrobium aemulum "ironbark" form (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium aemulum Brush Box form (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium aemulum Ironbark form (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium aemulum R.Br. var. aemulum (nomenclatural synonym)
Dendrobium aemulum Rainforest form (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium aemulum brush-box form (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium angustum (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium crassum (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium deuteroeburneum J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium eungellense (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium eungellensis J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrobium radiatum (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) J.M.H.Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
Dendrocoryne aemulum Brieger (taxonomic synonym)
Tropilis aemula (R.Br.) Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tropilis angusta D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
Tropilis crassa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
Tropilis eburnea D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
Tropilis emulum Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tropilis eungellensis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
Tropilis radiata D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (18), ABRS_2023 (36), Hughes_1992 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 87 records in 10 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) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 43.57 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 20.86 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnyyynnn (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	4	36	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	3	18	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_2023	8	10	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/.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	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.
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.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.