Roepera reticulata

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Family Zygophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Roepera reticulata (H.Eichler ex R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Zygophyllum reticulatum H.Eichler ex R.M.Barker (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Zygophyllum aurantiacum (Lindl.) F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)
Zygophyllum eremaeum (Diels) Ostenf. (pro parte misapplied)
Zygophyllum fruticulosum var. eremaeum Diels (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Draper_2023 (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 20 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): 13 mm (11-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 14.75 mm (7.5-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 8.25 mm (4.5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.2 mm (0.9-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.55 cm (0.3-0.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblong (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): herb (2); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); spindly (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); ants (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.15 m (0.25-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	12	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/.
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.
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.