Euploca tanythrix
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Family Boraginaceae
Taxonomy: Euploca tanythrix (Craven) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Heliotropium sp. P (taxonomic synonym)
- Heliotropium sp. P Kimberley Flora (A.J.Ewart s.n.) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Heliotropium sp. The Olgas (M.Lazarides+ 200) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Heliotropium tanythrix Craven (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium R.Br. (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 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (5), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (2), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (1), 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 15 traits from 29 records in 12 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): fire_killed (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.25 mg (0.22-0.29 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.35 m (0.35-0.35 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| NTH_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| NTH_2023 | 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/. |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 1 | 1 | 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. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |