Pterostylis aphylla
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Pterostylis aphylla Lindl.
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Pterostylis parviflora var. aphylla A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis parviflora var. aphylla D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis parviflora var. aphylla D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis parviflora var. aphylla M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis parviflora var. aphylla R.J.Bates & J.Z.Weber (taxonomic synonym)
- Speculantha aphylla (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (8), Mokany_2015 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 26 records in 7 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_area (numerical): 545.2 mm2 (545.2-545.2 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Mokany_2015]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.05-0.15 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 8 | 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 | 5 | 6 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| 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/. |
| Mokany_2015 | 2 | 2 | K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1. |
| 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. |