AusTraits

Drosera hookeri

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Family Droseraceae

Taxonomy: Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drosera foliosa Hook.f. ex Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drosera peltata var. foliosa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drosera peltata var. genuina Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drosera peltata var. gunniana Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drosera peltata Thunb. (misapplied)
  • Drosera peltata Thunb. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Drosera peltata Thunb. subsp. peltata (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 72 records in 10 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.44 mm (1-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.94 mm (1-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.3-1.7 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (1); orbicular (2); peltate (1); reniform (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); self (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.03-0.03 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.3-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (3); ovoid (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231421N. 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_20231319VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
TMAG_20091114Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_202233N. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.