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Polycarpaea spirostylis

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Family Caryophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Polycarpaea spirostylis F.Muell.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Polycarpa spirostylis Kuntze (orthographic variant)
  • Polycarpa synandra Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea burtoni F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea burtonii F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea gamopetala Berhaut (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea spirostyles Benth. (orthographic variant)
  • Polycarpaea spirostylis var. burtonii (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea spirostylis var. intercedens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea spirostylis var. intricata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea spirostylis var. rosulans Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea synandra F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpaea synandra F.Muell. var. synandra (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polycarpon spirostyle (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Polycarpon synandrus (F.Muell.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NTH_2014 (13), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 76 records in 15 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): 3.62 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 16.83 mm (3.5-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); strap-shaped (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1); whorled (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1); erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyynnnnnn (1); yyyyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014; WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.02 mg (0.02-0.02 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.57 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.43 m (0.3-0.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231317Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20141013Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
SAH_20231111S. 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/.
NHNSW_202389N. 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/.
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.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.