Polygala stenosepala

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Family Polygalaceae

Taxonomy: Polygala stenosepala (Benth.) R.A.Kerrigan

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Polygala sp. Linear (I.D.Cowie 8206) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Polygala stenoclada var. stenosepala Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Polygala stenoclada Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 54 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (2.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4.5 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): 30.25 mm (2.5-58 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (0.5-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.05 cm (0-0.1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (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 (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.85 mm (2.2-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 1.55 mm (1.1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (2); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	14	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	11	18	D. 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_2006	4	4	A. 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_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.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. 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_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.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.