Pterostylis sp. 2

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy:

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (128). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 132 records in 2 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

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_area (numerical): 241.8 mm2 (158.4-392 mm2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 26 mm (22-36 mm) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.2 mm (10.5-15 mm) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 5.92 mg (4.7-7.6 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 24.5 g/m2 (24.5-24.5 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.1 g/g (0.08-0.1 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.68 g/g (8.68-12.16 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 17.5 deg (10-35 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 30.71 mg/g (30.71-30.71 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.53 mg/g (2.53-2.53 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Smith_1996	17	128	B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
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.