Proiphys cunninghamii
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Family Amaryllidaceae
Taxonomy: Proiphys cunninghamii (Aiton ex Lindl.) Mabb.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cepa cunninghamii (Aiton ex Lindl.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Eurycles cunninghamii Lindl. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Eurycles cunninghamii Lindl. var. cunninghamii (nomenclatural synonym)
- Eurycles cunninghamii var. whittlei F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Pancratium cunninghamii (Lindl.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (5), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), Chen_2017 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2024 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 53 records in 9 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
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 15.5 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 15.75 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_height (numerical): 16 mm (12-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 175 mm (100-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 101.25 mm (65-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- petiole_length (numerical): 17.5 cm (10-25 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); cordate (2); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): bulb (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 17 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 10 | 14 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_1981 | 3 | 5 | B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/. |
| Chen_2017 | 5 | 5 | Chen, 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. |
| 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. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |