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Roepera rowelliae

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Family Zygophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Roepera rowelliae (R.M.Barker) Beier & Thulin

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Zygophyllum rowelliae R.M.Barker (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Zygophyllum iodocarpum F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 48 records in 9 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 16.75 mm (5-31 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9.75 mm (2.5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.78 cm (0.35-1.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2); spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
  • 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]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.22 m (0.2-0.25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231013D. 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/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_200711G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201111C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.