Phyllanthus tenellus

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Phyllanthus brisbanicus F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Phyllanthus sp. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), Kubiak_2009 (2), Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (19), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 55 records in 11 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 (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.62 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Wright_2000]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15.5 mm (6-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: 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): herb (4); shrub (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); semi_woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnny (1); nynnnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.67 m (0.5-1 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	15	19	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/.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	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/.
Wright_2000	4	4	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kubiak_2009	2	2	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Mesaglio_2022	1	2	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.