Synaptantha tillaeacea var. tillaeacea

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Family Rubiaceae

Taxonomy: Synaptantha tillaeacea (F.Muell.) Hook.f. var. tillaeacea

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hedyotis elatinoides Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Oldenlandia elatinoides (Benth.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 50 records in 7 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.1 mm (0.7-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (3); spreading (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
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): nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.06 m (0.01-0.1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	15	17	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.