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Stachytarpheta cayennensis

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Family Verbenaceae

Taxonomy: Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Abena cayennensis (Rich.) Hitchc. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cymburus urticaefolius Salisb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lippia cylindrica Scheele (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta cajanensis Vahl (orthographic variant)
  • Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta guatemalensis Moldenke (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta hirta Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta tabascana Moldenke (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta urticaefolia Sims (orthographic variant)
  • Stachytarpheta urticifolia (Salisb.) Sims (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stachytarpheta veronicaefolia Cham. (orthographic variant)
  • Stachytarpheta veronicifolia Cham. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Valerianoides cayennense (Rich.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Verbena cayennensis Rich. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Verbena dichotoma Ruiz & Pav. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (18), Cooper_2013 (10), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (10), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wells_2012 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 67 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.33 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (25-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (0.2-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5); shrub (4); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyynnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.77 m (0.5-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wells_20121212J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Cooper_2013810W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2023810N. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NTH_202311D. 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/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.