Stylidium leptorrhizum
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Family Stylidiaceae
Taxonomy: Stylidium leptorrhizum F.Muell.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Candollea leptorrhiza (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Stylidium barrettorum Lowrie & Kenneally (taxonomic synonym)
- Stylidium leptorhizum Benth. (orthographic variant)
- Stylidium leptorrhizum F.Muell. var. leptorrhizum (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), Rice_1991 (1), Schmidt_2003 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 26 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.34-0.34 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Rice_1991; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21 mg/g (20-22 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
- leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.3 {delta}[ppth] (-30.3--30.3 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.16 mg (0.16-0.16 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.26 m (0.08-0.45 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidt_2003 | 8 | 10 | S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Rice_1991 | 1 | 1 | B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |