AusTraits

Acacia verticillata subsp. verticillata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia verticillata (L'Hér.) Willd. subsp. verticillata

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia verticillata (L'Hér.) Willd. var. verticillata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Racosperma verticillatum (L'Hér.) Pedley subsp. verticillatum (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (8), Cheal_2017 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (17), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 98 records in 14 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); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 13 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (0.5-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 85.62 g/m2 (85.62-85.62 g/m2) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); whorled (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1); erect (3); spindly (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (2); nnnnnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3); transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.49 mg (11.49-11.49 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NSWFRD_2014917B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
NHNSW_20231014N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023811VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
ABRS_202378Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201722D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.