Dendrobium tetragonum
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn.
Synonyms: 25 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Callista tetragona (A.Cunn.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dendrobium cacatua D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium cacatua M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium capitisyork D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium capitisyork M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. subsp. tetragonum (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. var. tetragonum (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. cataractarum Peter B.Adams, S.D.Lawson & G.A.Paterson (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. cataractum G.N.Backh., R.J.Bates, A.P.Br. & L.M.Copel. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. giganteum (Leaney) Peter B.Adams (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. cacatua (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. giganteum Leaney (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. giganteum P.A.Gilbert (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. hayesianum P.A.Gilbert (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. serpentis Peter B.Adams (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. tomentosum Nicholls (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabile P.A.Gilbert (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabilis P.A.Gilbert (taxonomic synonym)
- Dendrocoryne tetragona Dockrill (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dendrocoryne tetragonum Brieger (taxonomic synonym)
- Tetrabaculum cacatua (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Tetrabaculum capitisyork (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Tetrabaculum tetragonum (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)
- Tropilis tetragona (A.Cunn.) Butzin (nomenclatural synonym)
- Tropilis tetragona (A.Cunn.) Rauschert (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Leishman_1995 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (10), NHNSW_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 44 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (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 (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 333 mm2 (333-333 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
- leaf_length (numerical): 55 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Leishman_1995]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 20 | 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 | 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.. 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/. |
| 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. |
| Leishman_1995 | 3 | 3 | M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604. |
| 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. |