AusTraits

Martynia annua

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Family Martyniaceae

Taxonomy: Martynia annua L.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Martynia diandra Gloxin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Martynia driandra A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (27). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 71 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (32-33 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 18.5 mm (17-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.31 m (0.25-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212627J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_20231216N. 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/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.