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Phyllanthus hirtellus

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Phyllanthus hirtellus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Diasperus thymodes Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diasperus thymoides (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus hirtellus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg. var. hirtellus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phyllanthus hirtellus Form A (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus hirtellus var. ledifolius Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus hirtellus var. parviflorus (J.M.Black) H.Eichler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus hirtellus var. thymoides Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides (Müll.Arg.) Sond. ex Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides (Müll.Arg.) Sond. ex Müll.Arg. var. thymoides (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides Sond. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides var. glabrata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides var. glabratus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides var. glabratus Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides var. hirtellus (F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides var. ledifolius (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus thymoides var. parviflorus J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus triandrus subsp. (Mt May P.I.Forster+ PIF11778) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyllanthus triandrus subsp. Mt May (P.I.Forster+ PIF11778) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2001 (19), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Cunningham_1999 (13), Gallagher_2018 (40), Hughes_1992 (4), Kubiak_2009 (6), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2003 (5), White_2020 (76). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 249 records in 23 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
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2); monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.8 mm (0.6-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.3 mm (2.4-4.2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 12.88 mm2 (6.3-30.3 mm2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Gallagher_2018; Leishman_1995; Westoby_2003]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.67 mm (2-11 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.63 mm (1.8-6.6 mm) [sources: Cunningham_1999; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2.73 mg (0.88-8.1 mg) [sources: Burrows_2001; Gallagher_2018]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 154.56 g/m2 (71.95-290 g/m2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Cunningham_1999; Gallagher_2018; Leishman_1995; Westoby_2003]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.36 g/g (0.36-0.36 g/g) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblanceolate (1); obcordate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); widely_obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (13) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (2); zoochory (4) [sources: Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (6) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Pickup_2021]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (5); transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.5 mg (1.5-1.5 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.2-2.4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201976M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Gallagher_2018540R. Gallagher, A. Phillips, B. Laugier-Kitchener, C. Laws, D. Lanceman, D. M. Londono, E. McFarlane, J. Foster, K. Marais, L. Pollitt, L. Kovac, M. Lambert, S. Amini, T. Boreham, T. Pyne, H. McPherson, M. Rossetto, M. van der Merwe, I. Wright, and and Matthew Alfonzetti. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Macquarie University”. 2018.
Burrows_2001419G. E. Burrows. “Comparative anatomy of the photosynthetic organs of 39 xeromorphic species from subhumid New South Wales, Australia”. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162 (2001), pp. 411-430. doi: 10.1086/319579.
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cunningham_19991313S. A. Cunningham, B. Summerhayes, and M. Westoby. “Evolutionary divergences in leaf structure and chemistry, comparing rainfall and soil nutrient gradients”. Ecological Monographs 69 (1999), pp. 569-588. doi: [10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0569:EDILSA]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1890%2F0012-9615%281999%29069%5B0569%3AEDILSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2).
NHNSW_20231112N. 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/.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
NSWFRD_201499B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Kubiak_200946P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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/.
Westoby_200355M. Westoby and I. J. Wright. “The leaf size - twig size spectrum and its relationship to other important spectra of variation among species”. Oecologia 135 (2003), pp. 621-628. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1231-6.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Clarke_201533P. 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_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
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.