Sauropus paucifolius
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Family Phyllanthaceae
Taxonomy: Sauropus paucifolius J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Sauropus sp. 'Darwin' (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), Lord_1997 (3), NTH_2014 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 24 records in 6 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): trioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (30-55 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (3-27 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: Lord_1997; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 16.74 mg (16.74-16.74 mg) [sources: Lord_1997]
- seed_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: NTH_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2014 | 9 | 12 | Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| Lord_1997 | 3 | 3 | J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.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. |