Micromyrtus triptycha
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Micromyrtus triptycha Rye
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Micromyrtus racemosa var. latifolia J.W.Green (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (1), Collette_2021 (1), Rye_2006 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (8), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 34 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.
fire response
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: Rye_2006]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.2-2.3 mm) [sources: Rye_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: Rye_2006; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Rye_2006; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); open (2); spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnyyyyyyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Rye_2006; WAH_1998]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.3-2 mm) [sources: Rye_2006]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.7-0.8 mm) [sources: Rye_2006]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.85 m (0.1-1.2 m) [sources: Rye_2006; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye_2006 | 8 | 13 | B. L. Rye. “A partial revision of the south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)”. Nuytsia 16 (2006), pp. 117-147. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 8 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | 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_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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Clarke_2015 | 1 | 1 | 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. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203. |
| 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. |