Ptilotus chippendalei

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Ptilotus chippendalei Benl

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

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2023 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 33 records in 10 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): utricle (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (5-90 mm) [sources: SAH_2014; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_width (numerical): 17.75 mm (1-30 mm) [sources: SAH_2014; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1); rosette (1) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; WAH_2023_1]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.6 mm (1.5-1.7 mm) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
WAH_2023_1	7	10	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.
WAH_2022_1	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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.
SAH_2014	2	2	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
SAH_2023	2	2	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.