Dorycnium rectum
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Dorycnium rectum (L.) Ser.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lotus rectus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (22), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 28 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 19 mm (6-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (6-18 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_obovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); subshrub (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody_base (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_width (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 15 | 22 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |