Spiranthes sinensis
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Family Orchidaceae
Taxonomy: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames
Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aristotelea spiralis Lour. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Aristotelia spiralis Dockrill (taxonomic synonym)
- Epidendrum aristotelea Raeusch. (taxonomic synonym)
- Neottia sinensis Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Spiranthes australis var. pudica (Lindl.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Spiranthes neocaledonica Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
- Spiranthes papuana Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
- Spiranthes pudica Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Spiranthes pudicus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames var. sinensis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Spiranthes spiralis (Lour.) Makino (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Spiranthes lancea (Thunb. ex Sw.) Backer, Bakh.f. & Steenis (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 53 records in 9 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: White_2020]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 66.25 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered_basal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnyyy (1); yyyynnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.45-0.45 m) [sources: SAH_2014]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 21 | 21 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| ABRS_2023 | 7 | 9 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 6 | 7 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 5 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| SAH_2014 | 1 | 1 | J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |