Lepyrodia porterae
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Family Restionaceae
Taxonomy: Lepyrodia porterae B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lepyrodia 'porterae' B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (8), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 38 records in 11 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 (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_1]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 8.75 mm (1-23 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); dense (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1.1-1.1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.45-0.75 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler_2002 | 7 | 8 | J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 7 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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_1 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_1 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Yang_2023 | 2 | 2 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://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. |