Philydrella pygmaea subsp. pygmaea
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Family Philydraceae
Taxonomy: Philydrella pygmaea (R.Br.) Caruel subsp. pygmaea
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 45 records in 8 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (10-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): subulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): bulb (1); corm (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.45 mm (0.4-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.11 m (0.02-0.2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsakalos_2020 | 17 | 18 | J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787. |
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 14 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_1981 | 1 | 1 | B. 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/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |