Posidonia kirkmanii
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Family Posidoniaceae
Taxonomy: Posidonia kirkmanii J.Kuo & Cambridge
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 33 records in 7 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): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1800 mm (1800-1800 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1); submerged (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 13 mm (12-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 15 | 18 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| 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. |