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Harnieria hygrophiloides

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Family Acanthaceae

Taxonomy: Harnieria hygrophiloides (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Calophanoides hygrophiloides (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ecbolium hygrophilodes Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ecbolium hygrophiloides (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Justicia hygrophiloides F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (11), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (11), NHNSW_2024 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 64 records in 9 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 63.33 mm (20-115 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (4); tree (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nyyyyyyyyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20241114N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011913R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_2911Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
NSWFRD_201433B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.