Roepera fruticulosa
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Family Zygophyllaceae
Taxonomy: Roepera fruticulosa (DC.) G.Don
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Roella fruticulosa (DC.) Hereman (nomenclatural synonym)
- Roepera fabagifolia A.Juss. (taxonomic synonym)
- Zygophyllum fabagifolium Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
- Zygophyllum fruticulosum DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Zygophyllum fruticulosum DC. var. fruticulosum (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 37 records in 8 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_length (numerical): 18 mm (11-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (1-6.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); sprawling (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (5-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.92 m (0.1-1.2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 20 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| 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/. |
| Sweedman_2006 | 1 | 3 | L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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. |