Spiranthes australis

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Spiranthes australis (R.Br.) Lindl.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Monustes australis (R.Br.) Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Neottia australis R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Spiranthes alticola D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Spiranthes australis (R.Br.) Lindl. var. australis (nomenclatural synonym)
Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. (nomenclatural synonym)
Spiranthes sinensis var. australis (R.Br.) H.Hara & Kitam. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (8), ABRS_2023 (18), Cheal_2017 (1), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (42), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 111 records in 12 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: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.45 cm (0.4-0.5 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 123.33 mm (80-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered_basal (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnny (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.33 m (0.16-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	42	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	7	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	16	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2022	4	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	6	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	5	6	N. 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/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Cheal_2017	1	1	D. 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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.