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Monotaxis linifolia

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Monotaxis linifolia Brongn.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Monotaxis linifolia Brongn. var. linifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Monotaxis linifolia var. cuneata Grüning (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotaxis linifolia var. genuina Grüning (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotaxis linifolia var. genuina Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotaxis linifolia var. tridentata (Endl.) Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotaxis simplex Steud. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotaxis tridentata Endl. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Hughes_1992 (4), Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 43 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 13 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); obtriangular (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (2); subshrub (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody_base (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231113N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014910B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.