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Platysace heterophylla

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Platysace heterophylla (Benth.) C.Norman

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Siebera heterophylla Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trachymene heterophylla (Benth.) F.Muell. ex Tate (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trachymene heterophylla F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (4), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 27 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (1) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Williams_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
SAH_202344S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.