AusTraits

Physalis minima

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Physalis minima L.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Physalis micrantha Link (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), Cooper_2013 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 58 records in 8 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 6 cm (6-6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • dispersers (categorical): cassowaries (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.62 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.67 m (0.5-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231723Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Sweedman_200611L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.