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Pouzolzia zeylanica

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Family Urticaceae

Taxonomy: Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Parietaria indica L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Parietaria zeylanica L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pouzolsia arnhemica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouzolsia indica Wedd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouzolzia arnhemica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouzolzia indica (L.) Wight (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouzolzia indica (L.) Wight var. indica (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouzolzia indica var. alienata (L.) Wedd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn. var. zeylanica (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Urtica alienata L. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (15), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (18), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (13). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 86 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.1 mm (1.2-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.75-0.75 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.75-0.75 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (4); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 23 mm (6-38 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12 mm (4-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.74 cm (0.08-1.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); ovate (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1); spiral (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2); prostrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyynnnnnnnnn (1); nyyyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; WAH_1998]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231518D. 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/.
ABRS_20231215Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221213L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NTH_202244D. 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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.