Operculina codonantha

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Family Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Operculina codonantha (Benth.) Hallier f.

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

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (23), Nano_2011 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 28 records in 3 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Nano_2011]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (75-135 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (40-70 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (2-8 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); terete (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	17	23	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.