Prostanthera calycina
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Family Lamiaceae
Taxonomy: Prostanthera calycina F.Muell. ex Benth.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Prostanthera calicina Briq. (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 28 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 9 mm (4-14 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.11 cm (0.08-0.14 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Stephens_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 10 | 13 | 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/. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203. |
| Stephens_2023 | 1 | 1 | R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |