Hyptis capitata
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Family Lamiaceae
Taxonomy: Hyptis capitata Jacq.
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hyptis rhomboidea Mart. & Galeotti (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 34 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 7680 mm2 (7680-7680 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.78 mg (0.78-0.78 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2009 | 16 | 16 | E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |