Synostemon ochrophyllus
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Family Phyllanthaceae
Taxonomy: Synostemon ochrophyllus (Benth.) I.Telford & Pruesapan
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Phyllanthus ochrophyllus Benth. (basionym)
- Sauropus ochrophyllus (Benth.) Airy Shaw (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2014 (10), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (9), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 32 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (8-47 mm) [sources: NTH_2014; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 17 mm (4-30 mm) [sources: NTH_2014; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2014; NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): subshrub (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.3-0.7 m) [sources: NTH_2014; NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2014 | 8 | 10 | Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online. |
| NTH_2023 | 7 | 9 | D. 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/. |
| 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. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| NTH_2022 | 2 | 2 | D. 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/. |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| 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. |