Prasophyllum goldsackii

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Prasophyllum goldsackii J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Paraprasophyllum goldsackii (J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), SPRAT_2025_2 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 36 records in 10 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_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 300 mm (300-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; SPRAT_2025_2]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 5 a (5-5 a) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.28 m (0.2-0.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2014]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	5	7	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	6	7	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SPRAT_2025_2	4	5	F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
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.
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.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.