Pleuranthodium racemigerum
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Family Zingiberaceae
Taxonomy: Pleuranthodium racemigerum (F.Muell.) R.M.Sm.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Alpinia racemigera F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pleuranthodium racemigera W.E.Cooper (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Alpinia arctiflora (F.Muell.) Benth. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 36 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): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 16.33 mm (15-23 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 400 mm (400-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 100 mm (100-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3 m (1-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 11 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 11 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Chen_2017 | 5 | 5 | Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 3 | 3 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2022 | 2 | 2 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_1981 | 1 | 1 | B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |