Eriocaulon depressum
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Family Eriocaulaceae
Taxonomy: Eriocaulon depressum R.Br. ex Sm.
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eriocaulon arfakense P.Royen (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriocaulon deustum R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriocaulon heterogynum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Randalia depressa B.D.Jacks. (taxonomic synonym)
- Randalia depressa Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
- Randalia depressa Moldenke (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (20), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Wenk_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 42 records in 7 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): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 127.5 mm (55-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.45-0.63 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.32 mm (0.25-0.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.19 m (0.04-0.24 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 15 | 20 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2023 | 7 | 11 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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_2022 | 2 | 2 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2022 | 2 | 2 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Stephens_2021 | 1 | 1 | R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021. |