Thelymitra juncifolia

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Thelymitra juncifolia Lindl.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Thelymitra sp. aff. ixioides (French Island) (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Thelymitra ixioides Sw. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), RBGV_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21), Williams_2011 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 51 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

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_area (numerical): 1652.28 mm2 (1652.28-1652.28 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (100-200 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): orchid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Mokany_2015; Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	21	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Williams_2011	11	11	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
RBGV_2023	4	6	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Cheal_2017	1	1	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.