Pterostylis cucullata

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Pterostylis cucullata R.Br.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pterostylis cucullata R.Br. subsp. cucullata (nomenclatural synonym)
Pterostylis cucullata subsp. sylvicola D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Pterostylis mackibbini F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pterostylis mackibbinii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (10), Cheal_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (9), RBGV_2023 (26), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (63). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 145 records in 12 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 (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 73.33 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); obovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); scattered (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (3) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (4) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.15 m (0.05-0.25 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	63	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	26	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	7	10	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	8	10	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/.
RBGV_2022	3	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_2017	6	8	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
ABRS_2022	3	6	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
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.
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/.
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.