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Zaleya galericulata

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Family Aizoaceae

Taxonomy: Zaleya galericulata (Melville) H.Eichler

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Trianthema galericulata Melville (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trianthema galericulatum Melville (nomenclatural synonym)

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 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (9), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (24). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 125 records in 17 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): blue_purple (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.85 mm (2.5-3.2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 421.05 mm2 (421.05-421.05 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 32.88 mm (8-52 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.9 mm (5-26 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 33.33 mg (33.33-33.33 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.18 cm (0.2-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 80.63 g/m2 (80.63-80.63 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.2 g/g (0.2-0.2 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (3); obovate (1); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; 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): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: Curtis_2012; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody_base (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2); prostrate (4); sprawling (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyynyyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.2-0.3 m) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20221924L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231619Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NTH_20231014D. 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/.
SAH_2023810S. 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/.
NHNSW_202499N. 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/.
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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.