AusTraits

Phyllanthus carpentariae

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Phyllanthus carpentariae Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Diasperus carpentariae (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Diasperus grandisepalus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus fuernrohrii var. suffruticosus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus grandisepalus Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus hebecarpus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (5), Crowley_2007 (4), Draper_2023 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (13), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (22), Nano_2011 (4), RussellSmith_2012 (8), Schmidt_2003 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 118 records in 17 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): fire_killed (5); resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.3 mm (4-4.6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.3 mm (4-4.6 mm) [sources: NTH_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]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 16.75 mm (7-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.06 g/g (0.06-0.06 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_obovate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (1); vertebrates (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyynnnnny (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); none (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 18.75 mg/g (18.5-19 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.06 {delta}[ppth] (-28.39--27.89 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231822D. 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/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Schmidt_20031116S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
NHNSW_20231113N. 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/.
RussellSmith_201248J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
Clarke_201535P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
Crowley_200724G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NTH_202244D. 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/.
Nano_201124C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
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/.
NTH_201433Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.