Plexaure limenophylax
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Plexaure limenophylax Endl.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eria limenophylax (Endl.) Rchb.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Oberonia crassiuscula Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Phreatia limenophylax (Endl.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phreatia neocaledonica Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), SPRAT_2025_2 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 22 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): tufted (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.04 m (0.03-0.06 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 8 | 9 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| ABRS_2023 | 5 | 7 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |