Acacia aemula subsp. muricata
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Acacia aemula subsp. muricata Maslin
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Acacia tetragonocarpa f. scabra (Benth.) E.Pritz. (taxonomic synonym)
- Acacia tetragonocarpa var. scabra Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Racosperma aemulum subsp. muricatum (Maslin) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (5), Barrett_2009 (6), Gosper_2012 (5), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 26 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; Gosper_2012]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; Gosper_2012]
- serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2012]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.2-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett_2009 | 6 | 6 | S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009. |
| ABRS_2023 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Gosper_2012 | 5 | 5 | C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2022 | 1 | 1 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |