AusTraits

Polygala coralliformis

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Family Polygalaceae

Taxonomy: Polygala coralliformis R.A.Kerrigan

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Polygala sp. Kakadu (R.Collins 205) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polygala sp. Top End (L.A.Craven 5464) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (19), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 57 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (4.5-7.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3.5-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 17 mm (5-29 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 13 mm (4-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0-0.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (2); orbicular (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (3.7-5.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.95 mm (1.4-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (2); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231421Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231219D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-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.