Rhytidosporum prostratum

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Family Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy: Rhytidosporum prostratum McGill.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Billardiera prostrata (McGill.) E.M.Benn. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), ANBG_2019 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (42). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 92 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 10 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 3.62 mm (1.5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (4); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.41 mg (1.29-1.52 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_length (numerical): 1.62 mm (1.62-1.62 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 1.43 mm (1.43-1.43 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	42	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	12	15	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	13	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ANBG_2019	6	7	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Sjostrom_2006	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.