AusTraits

Pseuderanthemum variabile

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Family Acanthaceae

Taxonomy: Pseuderanthemum variabile (R.Br.) Radlk.

Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eranthemum variabile R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eranthemum variabile R.Br. var. variabile (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eranthemum variabile var. dentatum Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eranthemum variabile var. integrifolium Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eranthemum variabile var. lineare Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eranthemum variabile var. lineare Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eranthemum variabile var. molle Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum f. glabrescens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum f. normale Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum f. subrosulatum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum var. longiflorum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum var. molle (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum var. perglandulosum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum var. pluriflorum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum var. typicum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum microcarpum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pseuderanthemum ultralineare C.B.Clarke ex Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Siphoneranthemum variabile (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (5), Cooper_2013 (11), Crowley_2007 (2), Hughes_1992 (3), Kubiak_2009 (5), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Metcalfe_2009 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (9), NTH_2022 (3), Nano_2011 (2), Pickup_2021 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 148 records in 20 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2); partial_resprouting (4); resprouts (7) [sources: Benwell_2024; Crowley_2007; Kubiak_2009; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Pickup_2021]
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): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3416.5 mm2 (533-6300 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 21.5 mm (3-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 53.56 g/m2 (53.56-53.56 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (12); shrub (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): butterfly (1); insect (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2); epizoochory (1) [sources: Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyynnnnnny (3); yyyyynnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (5) [sources: Benwell_2024; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (6) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1); epicormic_buds (2); rhizome (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.35 mg (0.86-3.1 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Pickup_2021520M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221417L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Metcalfe_20091515E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2024811N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201499B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Benwell_202455A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.