Anthocercis littorea

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Anthocercis littorea Labill.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Anthocercis glabella Miers (taxonomic synonym)
Anthocercis litorea F.Muell. (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (3), Barrett_2009 (1), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Guilherme_Pereira_2018 (9), Guilherme_Pereira_2019 (100), Kew_2019_1 (1), Laliberte_2012 (14), Pate_1990 (4), Pickup_2021 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), Yang_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (25). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 222 records in 23 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); resprouts (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Pate_1990; Pickup_2021]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Pate_1990; Pickup_2021; Yang_2023]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 18 mo (18-18 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 14 mm (9-19 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2147.51 mm2 (1459.09-2683.52 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 38.25 mm (18-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 15.25 mm (4-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 126.12 g/m2 (63.39-203.15 g/m2) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.14 g/g (0.11-0.2 g/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); obovate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; Laliberte_2012; Pickup_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); sprawling (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.53 mg/g (11.36-26.03 mg/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.61 mg/g (0.42-0.89 mg/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2018]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 29.48 umol{CO2}/m2/s (26.13-32.76 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.26 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.2-0.33 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.55 mg (0.46-0.58 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.5-1.9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.6 m (0.6-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Guilherme_Pereira_2019	12	100	C. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	23	25	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	14	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Laliberte_2012	5	14	E. 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.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Guilherme_Pereira_2018	3	9	C. 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.
Pickup_2021	5	5	M. 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_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Burrows_2008_2	4	4	N. 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_2020	4	4	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Pate_1990	4	4	J. S. Pate, R. H. Froend, B. J. Bowen, A. Hansen, and J. Kuo. “Seedling growth and storage characteristics of seeder and resprouter species of Mediterranean-type ecosystems of SW Australia”. Annals of Botany 65.6 (1990), pp. 585-601. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087976.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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/.
ANBG_2019	1	3	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Barrett_2009	1	1	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.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. 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_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.