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Ptilotus gaudichaudii

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Ptilotus gaudichaudii (Steud.) J.M.Black

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ptilotus gaudichaudii (Steud.) J.M.Black subsp. gaudichaudii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ptilotus gaudichaudii (Steud.) J.M.Black var. gaudichaudii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trichinium corymbosum Gaudich. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichinium corymbosum var. ramosum Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichinium corymbosum β Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichinium gaudichaudii Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (15), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Leishman_1992 (7), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (6), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (6), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (8), WAH_2023_1 (10), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 174 records in 25 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 61.7 mm2 (16.6-101.5 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 30.83 mm (5-62 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2014; WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.38 mm (1-8 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2014; WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 5.7 mg (1-10.4 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 42.9 g/m2 (31.07-101.73 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Dwyer_2017; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.24-0.24 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (13) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (9); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Leishman_1992; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (5); prostrate (1); rosette (1) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; WAH_2023_1]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyynn (3) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.99 mg (0.91-3.28 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.8-1 mm) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (2) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Dwyer_2017315J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NTH_2023814D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_1710Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_268Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_248Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
NHNSW_202456N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202246S. 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/.
SAH_202346S. 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/.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_144Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_214Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202224E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_201422J. 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.
Wenk_202312E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.