Phyllanthus minutiflorus
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Family Phyllanthaceae
Taxonomy: Phyllanthus minutiflorus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Diasperus minutiflorus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phyllanthus minutiflorus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg. var. minutiflorus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phyllanthus minutiflorus var. gracillimus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Phyllanthus simplex var. gracillimus (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Phyllanthus simplex var. minutiflorus (Müll.Arg.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (1), Lord_1997 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (24), Nano_2011 (1), Rice_1991 (1), WAH_1998 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 39 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.8-1 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (3-12 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.1 mm (1.2-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.05 cm (0.05-0.05 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Lord_1997; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); ephemeral (1) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.14 mg (0.14-0.14 mg) [sources: Lord_1997]
- seed_length (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.6-0.8 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.3-0.5 m) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_1998]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 18 | 24 | D. 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/. |
| NTH_2022 | 4 | 4 | D. 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/. |
| Lord_1997 | 3 | 3 | J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x. |
| WAH_1998 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Crowley_2007 | 1 | 1 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 1 | 1 | C. 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. |
| Rice_1991 | 1 | 1 | B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |