Pterostylis sp. Bloated snail orchid (W.Jackson BJ486)
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Pterostylis sp. Bloated snail orchid (W.Jackson BJ486) WA Herbarium
Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Pterostylis aff. nana (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'bloated snail' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'crinkled leaf' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'karri forest' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'karri' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'skinny' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. 'slender' (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. Karri forest (W.Jackson BJ270) (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. Slender Snail Orchid (G.J.Keighery 14516) (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. crinkled leaf (G.J.Keighery 13426) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterostylis sp. extended dorsal sepal (G.Paull 731) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (14), WAH_2023_2 (9), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 43 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.
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): 17.5 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (3-12 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 (7) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (4) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.27 m (0.08-0.35 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 14 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| 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_2023_2 | 2 | 9 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 4 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |