AusTraits

Pterostylis corpulenta

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Pterostylis corpulenta (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pterostylis aff. parviflora (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. Sandheath (D.Murfet 3190) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. aff. parviflora (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. aff. parviflora 1 (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Speculantha corpulenta D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pterostylis parviflora R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (8), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 34 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
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 24.75 mm (3-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.18 m (0.06-0.3 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202368Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Draper_202333J. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.