Pterostylis ectypha
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Pterostylis ectypha (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & C.J.French
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Diplodium ectyphum D.L.Jones & C.J.French (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pterostylis aff. nana (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis brevisepala Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'northern thick sepals' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'short sepals' (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'short sepals' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. short sepals (W.Jackson BJ259) (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. short sepals (W.Jackson BJ259) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (7), WAH_2023_2 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 27 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (2) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.13 m (0.05-0.2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler_2002 | 8 | 10 | J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 7 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 6 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |