Phaius australis

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Phaius australis F.Muell.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)

Phaius australis F.Muell. var. australis (nomenclatural synonym)
Phaius bernaysii f. soutteri (F.M.Bailey) T.E.Hunt (taxonomic synonym)
Phaius carronii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Phaius grandifolius f. soutteri F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Phaius grandifolius var. rowanae F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Phaius leucophaeus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Phaius tancarvilleae var. australis (F.Muell.) J.V.Stone & P.J.Cribb (nomenclatural synonym)
Phajus australis F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Phajus carroni F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Phajus leucophaeus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Phaius bernaysii Rchb.f. (misapplied)
Phaius grandifolius Lour. (misapplied)
Phaius grandifolius Lour. (pro parte misapplied)
Phaius tancarvilleae (Banks) Blume (misapplied)
Phaius tancarvilleae (Banks) Blume (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 44 records in 9 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): red_brown (2); white_cream (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 8.75 cm (6.5-11 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 500 mm (300-700 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): plicate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
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]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	9	11	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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	9	11	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
ABRS_2023	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.