Peplidium foecundum

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Family Phrymaceae

Taxonomy: Peplidium foecundum W.R.Barker

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Microcarpaea ∕ Peplidium sp. D (taxonomic synonym)
Peplidium sp. D (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Peplidium humifusum Delile (pro parte misapplied)
Peplidium maritimum (L.f.) Asch. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), NTH_2022 (5), NTH_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 49 records in 11 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): blue_purple (1); green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_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): 6.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.1-0.3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); ovate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2); terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.07-0.1 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	12	18	N. 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/.
NTH_2022	5	5	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/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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_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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_2023	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/.
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.