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Roepera tesquorum

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Family Zygophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Roepera tesquorum (J.M.Black) Beier & Thulin

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Zygophyllum tesquorum J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (1), 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 22 traits from 51 records in 12 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): 8.25 mm (6-11 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): 12 mm (6.5-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.38 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.7 cm (0.4-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2); prostrate (1); spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_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): nnnnyyynnnnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.23 m (0.07-0.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231116Australian 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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.