Rhodanthe polycephala
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Rhodanthe polycephala (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Argyrocome polycephala (A.Gray) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Cassinia cuprea F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Helipterum polycephalum (A.Gray) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pteropogon polycephalus A.Gray (basionym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Dwyer_2017 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 10 traits from 21 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 25.7 g/m2 (22.91-27.8 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.07-0.07 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyer_2017 | 3 | 11 | J. 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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. |