Prasophyllum affine — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Prasophyllum

At a glance

Occurrence records442

Data sources4

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Prasophyllum affine's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility442 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF442 records

01Narrative

Prasophyllum affine, commonly known as the heathland leek orchid or Jervis Bay leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single tubular, green leaf and up to fifty scented, green, red, brown and purple flowers. Although the type specimen was collected in the Sydney area in 1803, the species in now only known from three locations near Jervis Bay.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Leaf length200 mm

Leaf width5 mm

Plant height0.375 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Seed mass0.001 mg

Life cycle & reproduction11

Dispersal typewind

Flowering endDec

Flowering startNov

Flowering timennnnnnnnnnyy

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Reproductive maturity2 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeterete

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type442 records

Wild obs. + sensor425

Museum / vouchered17

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO96 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 accuracy3% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 10≤10 km 413

425 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor425

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 17

17 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence17

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 institutions2 of 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Canberra, AU	13
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	2
Mount Annan, AU	2

3 institutions · 17 of 17 vouchered records shown