AusTraits

Drosera arcturi

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Family Droseraceae

Taxonomy: Drosera arcturi Hook.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (3), ANBG_2019 (24), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_6 (2), Mokany_2015 (3), Morgan_2014 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 130 records in 22 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); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 306.93 mm2 (64.07-549.78 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 76.67 mm (20-200 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (3-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 60.4 g/m2 (60.4-60.4 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.35-0.35 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); narrowly_oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2); yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.05 mg (0.03-0.1 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.04 mm (0.69-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; TMAG_2009]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.44 mm (0.3-0.58 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1); ovoid_flattened (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; TMAG_2009]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ANBG_2019524Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
RBGV_202389VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Wright_200044I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
ABRS_202333Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Mokany_201533K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
ABRS_202222Australian 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_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Morgan_201411J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.