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Scleranthus biflorus

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Family Caryophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Colobanthus sp. (Allora S.T.Blake 13812) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Colobanthus sp. Q1 (Blake 13812) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mniarum biflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mniarum pedunculatum Labill. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (9), Cheal_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_6 (1), Lunt_2012 (1), Mokany_2015 (3), Morgan_2014 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Pickering_2014 (4), Pickup_2021 (15), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tolsma_2007 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 159 records in 24 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 (3); partial_resprouting (3); resprouts (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Tolsma_2007; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.7-1.1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); nut (1); nutlet (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 5.81 mm2 (5-6.28 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.4-0.7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 78.54 g/m2 (75.64-81.43 g/m2) [sources: Lunt_2012; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.12 g/g (0.12-0.12 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); subulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): incurved (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (11) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Tolsma_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tolsma_2007; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody_base (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (2); dense (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); yynnnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (6) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.57 mg (0.31-0.94 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.11 mm (1.87-2.36 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.99 mm (0.89-1.1 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Pickup_2021515M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
ANBG_201949Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wright_200099I. 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.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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.
Tolsma_200767A. D. Tolsma, S. M. Read, and K. G. Tolhurst. “Roots of Australian alpine plant species contain high levels of stored carbohydrates independent of post-fire regeneration strategy”. Australian Journal of Botany 55.8 (2007), pp. 771-779. doi: 10.1071/BT06216.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NHNSW_202356N. 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/.
Cheal_201755D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.
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.
Mokany_201533K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Morgan_201433J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lunt_201211I. Lunt and J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from various Morgan and Lunt projects 1990-2012, Charles Sturt & La Trobe University”. 2012.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.