Forstera bellidifolia
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Family Stylidiaceae
Taxonomy: Forstera bellidifolia Hook.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Phyllachne bellidifolia (Hook.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 38 records in 8 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
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1178.1 mm2 (1178.1-1178.1 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.09 mg (0.09-0.09 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 0.94 mm (0.94-0.94 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.16 mm (0.16-0.16 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 m) [sources: Mokany_2015]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 13 | 16 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Jordan_2001 | 6 | 6 | G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024. |
| TMAG_2009 | 6 | 6 | Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania. |
| 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. |
| Mokany_2015 | 2 | 2 | K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |