Phyllachne colensoi
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Family Stylidiaceae
Taxonomy: Phyllachne colensoi (Hook.f.) Berggr.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Helophyllum colensoi Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Jordan_2001 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kirkpatrick_2020 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (14). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 37 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: Kirkpatrick_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: TMAG_2009]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
- seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
- serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.05 mg (0.05-0.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 11 | 14 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| TMAG_2009 | 7 | 8 | Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania. |
| Jordan_2001 | 4 | 4 | G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024. |
| 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. |
| Kirkpatrick_2020 | 3 | 3 | J. Kirkpatrick. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits for woody Tasmanian endemic species, University of Tasmania”. 2020. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |