Thryptomene shirleyae
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Thryptomene shirleyae Rye
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Thryptomene sp. Carnamah (J.Borger, A.Dring & F.Falconer AD1510-25) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Sjostrom_2006 (4), Trudgen_2014 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 16 records in 4 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): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.1-2.2 mm) [sources: Trudgen_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: Trudgen_2014]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: Trudgen_2014; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Trudgen_2014; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: Trudgen_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.3-1.1 m) [sources: Trudgen_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trudgen_2014 | 6 | 9 | M. E. Trudgen and B. L. Rye. “An update to the taxonomy of some western Australian genera of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. 2. Cyathostemon”. Nuytsia 24 (2014), pp. 7-16. |
| 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. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |