Micrococca mercurialis
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Taxonomy: Micrococca mercurialis (L.) Benth.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Tragia mercurialis L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 25 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 29.5 mm (24-35 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 13 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.4 cm (1-1.8 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 16 | 19 | 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/. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |