Poranthera leiosperma

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Poranthera leiosperma Halford & R.J.F.Hend.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (22), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (10), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 104 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.6-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.68 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 1.68 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 14.17 mm (9-24 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.95 mm (1.5-4.1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_obovate (2); oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3); opposite (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1); erect (1); prostrate (1); spreading (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.09 mg (0.09-0.09 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 0.95 mm (0.7-1.2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): sectoroid (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.12 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	17	22	N. 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/.
RBGV_2023	16	21	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NTH_2023	8	10	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/.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	N. 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/.
RBGV_2022	5	5	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	5	5	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	4	4	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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.