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Prasophyllum occultans

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Prasophyllum occultans R.J.Bates

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Paraprasophyllum occultans (R.J.Bates) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Prasophyllum pallidum Nicholls (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 27 records in 8 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 200 mm (100-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.15 m (0.1-0.2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_202378VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202357Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Draper_202333J. 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.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.