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Drosera macrantha

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Family Droseraceae

Taxonomy: Drosera macrantha Endl.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sondera macrantha (Endl.) Chrtek & Slavikova (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (13), Burrows_2008_2 (3), Burrows_2020 (3), Cheal_2017 (7), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (5), Mokany_2015 (1), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (13), Schmidt_1993 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (7), Sweedman_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (11), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), Williams_2011 (10), vanderMoezel_1987 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 113 records in 23 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; vanderMoezel_1987]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 78.54 mm2 (78.54-78.54 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (3-9 mm) [sources: TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.38 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.62 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (3); herb (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Standish_2019; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): carnivorous (2); fine_roots (1); long_root_hairs (1); non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019; Williams_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); self (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyy (1); nnnnnyyyyyyn (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; WAH_1998; vanderMoezel_1987]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.05 mg (0.05-0.05 mg) [sources: Standish_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.16 m (0.16-1.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023913S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
TMAG_2009911Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Cheal_201777D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Standish_201977R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Jordan_200155G. 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.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Burrows_2008_233N. 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_202033N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
vanderMoezel_198733P. G. van der Moezel, W. A. Loneragan, and D. T. Bell. “Northern Sandplain Kwongan - regeneration following fire, juvenile period and flowering phenology”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 69.4 (1987), pp. 123-132.
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.
SAH_202222S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Schmidt_199322S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_201511K. 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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.