AusTraits

Euphorbia cyathophora

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Euphorbia cyathophora Murray

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Euphorbia heterophylla L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (17), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (22), Schmidt_1993 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 72 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (20-110 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.9 cm (0.4-5.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.63 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.3 mm (2-2.6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.3 m (0.7-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231522D. 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/.
NHNSW_20231317N. 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/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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/.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
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.