Pterostylis microphylla

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Pterostylis microphylla D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Diplodium microphyllum (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pterostylis sp. 'fine sepals' (taxonomic synonym)
Pterostylis sp. 'small rosette' (taxonomic synonym)
Pterostylis sp. 'swamps' (taxonomic synonym)
Pterostylis sp. granite (W.Jackson BJ351) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (8), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 17 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.

fire response

post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_independent_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.15 m (0.15-0.15 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	6	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	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	2	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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.