Disa bracteata

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Disa bracteata Sw.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Monadenia australiensis Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
Monadenia bracteata (Sw.) T.Durand & Schinz (nomenclatural synonym)
Monadenia micrantha Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (7), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), Standish_2019 (9), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 72 records in 14 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): resprouts (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): orchid_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.5 mg/g (17.5-17.5 mg/g) [sources: Standish_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.3 mg/g (1.3-1.3 mg/g) [sources: Standish_2019]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Standish_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.35 m (0.2-0.4 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Tsakalos_2020	17	18	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_2023	8	10	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Standish_2019	9	9	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
ABRS_2023	6	7	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	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.
Burrows_2008_2	4	4	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_2020	4	4	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_1	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.