Josephinia eugeniae

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Family Pedaliaceae

Taxonomy: Josephinia eugeniae F.Muell.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Josephinia eugeniae subsp. occidentalis H.E.K.Hartmann (taxonomic synonym)
Josephinia sp. Marandoo (M.E.Trudgen 1554) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Sesamum eugeniae (F.Muell.) Byng & Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (15), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (8), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (7), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 114 records in 20 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 (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (2); pink (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (7-11 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 43.33 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); obovate (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6); shrub (1); subshrub (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (1) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (3); spreading (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyynnnnnnn (1); yyynnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.2-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	16	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	12	17	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_2023	11	15	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/.
SAH_2023	11	15	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	8	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_2022_2	4	7	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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).
Draper_2023	2	2	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.
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.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://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.