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Trianthema triquetrum

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Family Aizoaceae

Taxonomy: Trianthema triquetrum Willd.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Trianthema clavata H.E.K.Hartmann & Liede (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema clavatum (J.M.Black) H.E.K.Hartmann & Liede (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema crystallina var. clavata J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema crystallinum var. clavatum J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema glaucifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema glaucifolium F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema sp. (Charters Towers J.Corfield 3145) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema triquetra Willd. (orthographic variant)
  • Trianthema triquetra var. clavata H.Eichler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema triquetrum Willd. var. triquetrum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trianthema triquetrum var. clavatum (J.M.Black) H.Eichler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema ufoense H.E.K.Hartmann & Liede (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trianthema ufoensis H.E.K.Hartmann & Liede (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Trianthema crystallinum (Forssk.) Vahl (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (7), ABRS_2023 (35), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (16), Nano_2011 (2), RBGK_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 179 records in 23 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 (5) [sources: Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 16.29 mm (3-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.9 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.23 cm (0.2-0.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); linear (3); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (2); obovate (2); ovate (1); spathulate (4); terete (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (5); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1); flat (1); recurved (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (7); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.34 mg (0.3-0.38 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231435Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231216D. 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/.
RBGV_20231115VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231011S. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202237Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202467N. 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/.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. 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.
NSWFRD_201433B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. 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.
RBGK_201412Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.