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Euphorbia bifida

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Euphorbia bifida Hook. & Arn.

Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chamaesyce bifida (Hook. & Arn.) T.Kuros. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Chamaesyce macgillivrayi (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chamaesyce micradenia (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chamaesyce vachellii (Hook. & Arn.) H.Hara (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi Boiss. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi Boiss. f. macgillivrayi (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi Boiss. var. macgillivrayi (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi f. glabrata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi var. micradenia (Boiss.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi var. pseudoserrulata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia macgillivrayi var. yarrabensis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia micradenia Boiss. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia mitchelliana var. stenophylla Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia serrulata Reinw. ex Blume (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euphorbia vachelii Chippend. (orthographic variant)
  • Euphorbia vachellii Hook. & Arn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Petalandra euphorbioides F.Muell. ex Boiss. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (10), Crowley_2007 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), Lord_1997 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (16), NTH_2014 (15), Nano_2011 (2), Rice_1991 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 81 records in 15 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.8-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 30.88 mm (10-65 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.81 mm (1.5-16 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); oblique (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6); shrub (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; Lord_1997; NHNSW_2022; Rice_1991; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (3) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.59 mg (0.59-0.59 mg) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.37 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (0.7-1.3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.58 m (0.2-1 m) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231316N. 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/.
NTH_20141115Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Kooyman_2011913R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Brock_1993810J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
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.
Lord_199733J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.