Myoporum obscurum
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Taxonomy: Myoporum obscurum Endl.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Chinnock_2007 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 39 records in 6 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_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 106 mm (69-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_width (numerical): 33.75 mm (25-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chinnock_2007]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Chinnock_2007; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 6.5 m (6-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chinnock_2007]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 14 | 20 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Chinnock_2007 | 6 | 8 | R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| 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. |