Pleuranthodium racemigerum

(F.Muell.) R.M.Sm. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Zingiberales/Zingiberaceae/Pleuranthodium

At a glance

Occurrence records207

Data sources7

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Pleuranthodium racemigerum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility207 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources20 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS13 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF207 records

01Narrative

Pleuranthodium racemigerum is a monocotyledonous plant species first described by Ferdinand von Mueller, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Pleuranthodium racemigerum is part of the genus Pleuranthodium and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Fruit length15 mm

Leaf length400 mm

Leaf width100 mm

Plant height3 m

Seed length4.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction4

Flowering timennnnnnyyyyyn

Life formperennial or rhizomatous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedgeophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition13 compounds

Compounds documented for Pleuranthodium racemigerum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile4 classes

Gallotannins3

Linear diarylheptanoids3

Friedelane triterpenoids2

Arylnaphthalene and aryltetralin lignans2

Documented compounds13 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Lyoniresinol	present	NPASS
(1R,2R,20S,42R,46S)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37,46-hexadecahydroxy-15-[(1R,2R,20S,42R,46S)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37-pentadecahydroxy-4,17,22,40,44-pentaoxo-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11,13,15,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaen-46-yl]-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11(16),12,14,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaene-4,17,22,40,44-pentone	present	NPASS
(1S,2S,20S,42S,46R)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37,46-hexadecahydroxy-15-[(1R,2R,20S,42R,46S)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37-pentadecahydroxy-4,17,22,40,44-pentaoxo-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11,13,15,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaen-46-yl]-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11(16),12,14,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaene-4,17,22,40,44-pentone	present	NPASS
(1S,2S,20S,42S,46R)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37,46-hexadecahydroxy-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11,13,15,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaene-4,17,22,40,44-pentone	present	NPASS
(3S,4S)-3-methyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxyoctanoic acid	present	NPASS
(6R,7S,8S)-8-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-6,7-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-dimethoxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol	present	NPASS
4-[(E)-7-(4-methoxyphenyl)hept-5-enyl]phenol	present	LOTUS
4-[7-(4-Methoxyphenyl)hept-5-enyl]phenol	present	LOTUS
ABGZLUPZDXEGLQ-PTIGYBAWSA-N	present	NPASS
Epifriedelanol	present	NPASS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type207 records

Wild obs. + sensor52

Museum / vouchered140

Cultivated / captive2

Other13

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO336 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 21≤1 km 15≤10 km 5>10 km 1

42 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor52

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 20≤10 km 45>10 km 20

97 georeferenced · 43 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence140

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Smithfield, AU	83
Brisbane, AU	29
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	11
Edinburgh, GB	7
Mount Annan, AU	6
Canberra, AU	1
St. Paul, US	1

7 institutions · 138 of 140 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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