Stephanophysum longifolium
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Family Acanthaceae
Taxonomy: Stephanophysum longifolium Pohl
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C. Ezcurra (taxonomic synonym)
- Ruellia graecizans Backer (taxonomic synonym)
- Ruellia longifolia (Pohl) Griseb. ex Lindau (nomenclatural synonym)
- Stephanophysum brevifolium Pohl (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), NHNSW_2024 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 30 records in 4 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): 15 mm (13-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (60-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 31.5 mm (24-39 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (2-2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (2); subshrub (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (1-1.5 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2024 | 11 | 14 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| 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. |