Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. brevifolius

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. brevifolius (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. orientalis Hopper & A.P.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus Hopper & A.P.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Eriochilus dilatatus var. brevifolius Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (12), ABRS_2023 (11), WAH_2022_2 (10), WAH_2023_2 (6), Wenk_2022 (6), Wenk_2023 (3), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 51 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.

fire response

post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_independent_flowering (3) [sources: Yang_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (30-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12 mm (12-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.14 m (0.1-0.25 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2022	4	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2023	5	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_2	4	10	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	6	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	6	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	3	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	3	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.