AusTraits

Neoastelia spectabilis

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Family Asteliaceae

Taxonomy: Neoastelia spectabilis J.B.Williams

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (1), Chen_2017 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), SPRAT_2025_2 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 81 records in 14 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 1.65 cm (1.5-1.8 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.75 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.75 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 12.75 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 1125 mm (600-1650 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 43.75 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.14 mg (0.09-0.18 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.12 m (0.6-1.65 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221317L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_20231116N. 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/.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
ABRS_198144B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
SPRAT_2025_212F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.