Scaevola platyphylla
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Family Goodeniaceae
Taxonomy: Scaevola platyphylla Lindl.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lobelia platyphylla (Lindl.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
- Molkenboeria platyphylla (Lindl.) de Vriese (nomenclatural synonym)
- Molkenboeria semiamplexicaulis (DC.) de Vriese (taxonomic synonym)
- Scaevola candollei de Vriese (taxonomic synonym)
- Scaevola semiamplexicaulis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Chen_2017 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Standish_2019 (7), 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 23 traits from 40 records in 11 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: Standish_2019]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 43.5 mm (24-63 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (13-42 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (2); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 31.83 mg (31.83-31.83 mg) [sources: Standish_2019]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.75 m (0.3-1.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 13 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Standish_2019 | 7 | 7 | R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian 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_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| ABRS_1981 | 2 | 2 | B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/. |
| 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. |
| Chen_2017 | 1 | 1 | Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |