Stylidiaceae

E785595

Stylidiaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as trigger plants, characterized by their unique touch-sensitive floral mechanisms and predominantly found in Australia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Stylidiaceae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpecies over 300 ⓘ
centerOfDiversity Australia ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Asterids ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ
commonName trigger plants ⓘ
containsGenus Forstera ⓘ
Levenhookia ⓘ
Phyllachne ⓘ
Stylidium ⓘ
distributionPattern mainly Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
ecologicalInteraction specialized insect pollinators ⓘ
flowerColor pink ⓘ
purple ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
growthForm annual herbs ⓘ
herbaceous plants ⓘ
perennial herbs ⓘ
subshrubs ⓘ
habitat heathlands ⓘ
rocky outcrops ⓘ
sandplains ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
hasCharacteristic explosive pollination mechanism ⓘ
fused floral column ⓘ
rapid floral movement ⓘ
touch-sensitive floral mechanism ⓘ
zygomorphic flowers ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement basal rosettes ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
nativeRange Australia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
southern South America ⓘ
notableFeature triggered movement of floral column onto pollinator ⓘ
order Asterales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollinationBy insects ⓘ
pollinationStrategy triggered pollination ⓘ
reproductiveStructure capsule fruit ⓘ
seedDispersal by gravity ⓘ
someMembersExhibit carnivorous traits ⓘ
protocarnivory ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Stylidium ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asterales → containsTaxon → Stylidiaceae ⓘ