Pterostylis bicornis
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Pterostylis bicornis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Petrorchis bicornis (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'Mt Maroon' (J.R.Clarkson & M.Olsen June 1978) (taxonomic synonym)
- Speculantha bicornis (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (8), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (12), SPRAT_2025_2 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 38 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.3 cm (0.2-0.4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023]
- storage_organ (categorical): tuber (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 5 | 6 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 5 | 5 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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. |
| 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. |