AusTraits

Acacia rostellifera

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia rostellifera Benth.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia cyanophylla var. dorrienii Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia subbinervia Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma rostelliferum (Benth.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia salicina Lindl. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Barrett_2009 (6), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Detombeur_2021 (63), Guilherme_Pereira_2018 (18), Guilherme_Pereira_2019 (263), Hayes_2014 (743), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_3 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Laliberte_2012 (90), Manea_2011 (1), Maslin_2012 (12), Pickup_2021 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (19), Tsakalos_2022 (3), 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 98 traits from 1,300 records in 28 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 90 mm (90-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 4065 mm2 (2917.8-5376.43 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (45-115 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (3-17 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 224.05 g/m2 (56.44-267.24 g/m2) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.11-0.59 g/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Maslin_2012; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); recurved (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Kew_2019_3; Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; Laliberte_2012; Maslin_2012; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (3); erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2); non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012; Tsakalos_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 3 a (3-3 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (4) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1); rhizome_woody (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Tsakalos_2022]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 16.9 mg/g (13-24.56 mg/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Hayes_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.86 mg/g (0.38-2.82 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Guilherme_Pereira_2018; Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Hayes_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.64 {delta}[ppth] (-30.36--27.19 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.34 mg (18.34-18.34 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.33 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); ovoid_elongated (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Hayes_201426743P. Hayes, B. L. Turner, H. Lambers, and E. Laliberte. “Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence”. Journal of Ecology 102.2 (2013), pp. 396-410. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12196.
Guilherme_Pereira_201921263C. G. Pereira, P. E. Hayes, O. S. O'Sullivan, L. K. Weerasinghe, P. L. Clode, O. K. Atkin, and H. Lambers. “Trait convergence in photosynthetic nutrient-use efficiency along a 2-million year dune chronosequence in a global biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 107.4 (2019), pp. 2006-2023. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13158.
Laliberte_2012990E. Laliberte, B. L. Turner, T. Costes, S. J. Pearse, K. Wyrwoll, G. Zemunik, and H. Lambers. “Experimental assessment of nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence in the south-western Australia biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 100 (2012), pp. 631-642. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01962.x.
Detombeur_2021963F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713.
Tsakalos_20201819J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Guilherme_Pereira_2018318C. G. Pereira, P. L. Clode, R. S. Oliveira, and H. Lambers. “Eudicots from severely phosphorus-impoverished environments preferentially allocate phosphorus to their mesophyll”. New Phytologist 218.3 (2018), pp. 959-973. doi: 10.1111/nph.15043.
RBGV_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_20121012B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Barrett_200966S. 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.
Burrows_2008_255N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202055N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Pickup_202155M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Tsakalos_202233J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
Kew_2019_322Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Manea_201111A. Manea. “Unpublished data: Dispersal appendage data for Acacia via Worldwide Wattle, Macquarie University”. 2011.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.