Sedopsis filsonii
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Family Portulacaceae
Taxonomy: Sedopsis filsonii (J.H.Willis) J.H.Willis
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Portulaca filsonii J.H.Willis (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 36 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (3-16 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (3-16 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 10 | 14 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 6 | 7 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| NTH_2022 | 4 | 4 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| 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. |