AusTraits

Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sarcochilus fitzgeraldi F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii F.Muell. var. fitzgeraldii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii var. aemulus Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii var. alba W.Schmidt (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii var. albus W.Schmidt (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (7), SPRAT_2025_2 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 50 records in 10 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 85 mm (85-85 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 140 mm (60-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_oblong (1); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (2); lithophyte (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (2); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_202379N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202357Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_201477B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
SPRAT_2025_256F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202255N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.