Phyllanthus microcladus

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Phyllanthus microcladus Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Diasperus microcladus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Phyllanthus microcladus Müll.Arg. var. microcladus (nomenclatural synonym)
Phyllanthus microcladus var. microphyllus Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
Phyllanthus microcladus var. puberulus Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
Phyllanthus pusillifolius S.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Sauropus albiflorus subsp. microcladus (Müll.Arg.) Airy Shaw (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 49 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.68 m (0.35-1 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	14	16	N. 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/.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.