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Phlegmatospermum cochlearinum

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Family Brassicaceae

Taxonomy: Phlegmatospermum cochlearinum (F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bursa cochlearina (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Capsella cochlearina (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Capsella cochlearina (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. cochlearina (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Capsella cochlearina var. ochrantha (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
  • Capsella ochrantha (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eunomia cochlearina F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hutchinsia cochlearina (F.Muell.) J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hutchinsia ochrantha (F.Muell. ex Benth.) J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phlegmatospermum cochlearinum (F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz var. cochlearinum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phlegmatospermum cochlearinum var. ochranthum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phlegmatospermum ochranthum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) O.E.Schulz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Thlaspi cochlearinum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Thlaspi cochlearinum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. cochlearinum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Thlaspi cochlearinum var. ochranthum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Turner (taxonomic synonym)
  • Thlaspi ochranthum F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Leishman_1992 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (35). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 72 traits from 136 records in 19 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.83 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): silique (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 214.15 mm2 (61.3-367 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (90-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 4 mg (4-4 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 57.14 g/m2 (57.14-57.14 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_obovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2); rosette (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2022; SAH_2023; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (1); nnnnnyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.33 mg (1.1-1.55 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.5-2.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222935L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231315Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_20231113S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
Leishman_199266M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.