Pterostylis lepida
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Pterostylis lepida (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh.
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Oligochaetochilus 'Halbury' RB 8425 (taxonomic synonym)
- Oligochaetochilus lepidus D.L.Jones (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pterostylis aff. boormanii (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 11 (Halbury; R.Bates 8425) (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. Halbury (R.Bates 8425) (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. Halbury (R.Bates 8425) R.J.Bates (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. aff. boormanii (Halbury) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Pterostylis boormanii Rupp (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), Draper_2023 (3), SPRAT_2025_2 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 29 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 (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): imbricate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |