AusTraits

Gomphrena diffusa subsp. diffusa

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Gomphrena diffusa (R.Br.) Spreng. subsp. diffusa

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NTH_2014 (11), 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 13 traits from 19 records in 5 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 26.5 mm (8-45 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (1-6 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1.1-1.1 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_2014811Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.