Pterostylis daintreeana

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Pterostylis daintreeana F.Muell. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Oligochaetochilus daintreana Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)
Oligochaetochilus daintreeanus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pharochilum daintreanum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pharochilum daintreeanum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pterostylis daintreana Benth. (orthographic variant)
Pterostylis daintreyana F.Muell. (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Hughes_1992 (3), Kubiak_2009 (3), Leishman_1995 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 48 records in 11 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: Kubiak_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15.25 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (4-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Leishman_1995]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyynnnnn (1); nyyyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	9	11	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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	8	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.
ABRS_2023	5	7	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_2009	3	3	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Leishman_1995	2	2	M. 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.
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.