Euphorbia centralis
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Taxonomy: Euphorbia centralis B.G.Thomson
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Chamaesyce centralis (B.G.Thomson) P.I.Forst. & R.J.F.Hend. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Euphorbia australis Boiss. (pro parte misapplied)
- Euphorbia schultzii Benth. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (16), Nano_2011 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 37 records in 11 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 (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); mericarp (1) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.45 mm (1.3-1.6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 12 | 16 | 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/. |
| RussellSmith_2012 | 4 | 4 | J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x. |
| 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. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. 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. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Crowley_2007 | 1 | 1 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Munroe_2019 | 1 | 1 | S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z. |
| Nano_2011 | 1 | 1 | C. 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. |
| Stephens_2021 | 1 | 1 | R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |