AusTraits

Plectranthus ecklonii

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Plectranthus ecklonii Benth.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Plectranthus eckloni Benth. (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): NSW (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 36 records in 7 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
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (60-170 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3.25 cm (1.5-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.3 m (0.7-3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_2023812VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.