AusTraits

Tetragonia decumbens

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Family Aizoaceae

Taxonomy: Tetragonia decumbens Mill.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Tetragonia zeyheri Fenzl (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (16), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (15), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 62 records in 11 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (5-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (0.5-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); obovate (2); orbicular (3); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (1); subshrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.1-0.3 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231416Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241015N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202389S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
SAH_202222S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.
Sjostrom_200611A. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.