Myoporum caprarioides
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Taxonomy: Myoporum caprarioides Benth.
Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Myoporum gracile Bartl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum serratum var. gracile Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum serratum var. parviflorum Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum serratum var. suberratum A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum serratum var. subserrata A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum serratum var. subserratum (Nees) A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum serratum var. subserratum Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum subserratum Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum tetrandrum var. caprarioides (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum tetrandrum var. capraroides Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum tetrandrum var. parviflorum (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Myoporum tetrandrum var. subserratum (Nees) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (15), Collette_2021 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 30 records in 8 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
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 34.5 mm (20-49 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9 mm (4-14 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Chinnock_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1); erect (1); sprawling (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.5-2.2 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.65 mm (0.6-0.7 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.62 m (0.5-3 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinnock_2007 | 10 | 15 | R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165. |
| 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_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | 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. |
| 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. |