Rostellularia adscendens var. pogonanthera
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Family Acanthaceae
Taxonomy: Rostellularia adscendens var. pogonanthera (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Rostellularia pogonanthera F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Justicia procumbens L. (misapplied)
- Justicia procumbens L. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 56 records in 7 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): fire_killed (2) [sources: White_2020]
leaf morphology
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (1); subshrub (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- 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): epizoochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.32 m (0.15-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 38 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| Wright_2000 | 5 | 5 | I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 4 | 4 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |