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Poranthera microphylla

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Poranthera microphylla Brongn.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Poranthera microphylla Brongn. var. microphylla (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Poranthera microphylla var. diffusa Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
  • Poranthera microphylla var. diffusa Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Poranthera microphylla var. genuina Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Poranthera microphylla var. glauca Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Poranthera sp. (Mt Ballow G.Leiper AQ502886) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), ATRP_2020 (2), Angevin_2011 (5), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (8), Crowley_2007 (2), Doherty_2021 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (11), Hughes_1992 (5), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kubiak_2009 (9), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Lord_1997 (3), Lunt_2012 (1), Meers_2007 (11), Mesaglio_2022 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (8), NTH_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (3), Nano_2011 (2), Pickup_2021 (35), Purdie_1976 (6), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (22), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (20), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Tsakalos_2020 (16), Tsakalos_2022 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (38), Williams_2011 (8), Wright_2000 (7), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 96 traits from 364 records in 51 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 (20); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Crowley_2007; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; Pickup_2021; Purdie_1976; Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (9); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Pickup_2021; Purdie_1976]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.88 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.88 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 14.13 mm2 (0.8-35.34 mm2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 10.38 mm (4-27 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.25 cm (0.15-0.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 40.4 g/m2 (22.24-133.16 g/m2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Dwyer_2017; Leishman_1995; Lunt_2012; Meers_2007]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.67 g/g (0.67-0.67 g/g) [sources: Angevin_2011]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (3); ovate (1); spathulate (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (3); revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (22) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Lord_1997; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (4) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; Purdie_1976; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (15); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Hughes_1992; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Purdie_1976; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1); decumbent (3); erect (3); open (1); prostrate (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: Meers_2007; Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (5); ectomycorrhizal (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1 a (1-1 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (3); barochory (3); myrmecochory (5); undefined (2); zoochory (2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Draper_2023; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Lord_1997; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (2); invertebrates (2); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnnyyyyyyy (1); nnyyyyynnnnn (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnnyyy (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2014; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (12) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Standish_2019]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (10); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; Tsakalos_2022; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Tsakalos_2022; Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); none (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Carey_2003; Crowley_2007; Doherty_2021; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.16 mg (0.06-0.54 mg) [sources: Angevin_2011; Dwyer_2017; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Lord_1997; Meers_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.74 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.68 mm (0.6-0.8 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); polyhedral (1); reniform (1); sectoroid (3) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.18 m (0.02-0.45 m) [sources: Leishman_1995; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

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RBGV_20231722VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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eFLOWER_Dun_20221719L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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Tsakalos_202222J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Lunt_201211I. Lunt and J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from various Morgan and Lunt projects 1990-2012, Charles Sturt & La Trobe University”. 2012.
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WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
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