Doryanthes palmeri

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Family Doryanthaceae

Taxonomy: Doryanthes palmeri W.Hill ex Benth.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Doryanthes excelsa var. guilfoylei (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Doryanthes excelsa var. palmeri F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Doryanthes guilfoylei F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Doryanthes larkini C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Doryanthes larkinii C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Doryanthes palmeri W.Hill ex Benth. var. palmeri (nomenclatural synonym)
Doryanthes palmeri var. larkini C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Doryanthes palmeri var. larkinii (C.Moore) C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), ANBG_2019 (1), Chen_2017 (5), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (33). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 84 records in 15 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); red_brown (3); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 88.33 mm (80-90 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 3000 mm (3000-3000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 200 mm (200-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): basal_large (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 31.14 mg (10.9-53.33 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 18.5 mm (15-22 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_1981]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	30	33	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	10	12	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_2023	7	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.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
ABRS_1981	3	3	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.