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Argyrotegium mackayi

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Argyrotegium mackayi (Buchanan) J.M.Ward & Breitw.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Euchiton argentifolius (N.A.Wakef.) Anderb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Euchiton mackayi (Buchanan) Anderb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gnaphalium argentifolium N.A.Wakef. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium collinum var. radicans F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium japonicum var. radicans (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gnaphalium sp. A (aff. argentifolium) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium sp. B (aff. argentifolium) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium sp. D (aff. argentifolium) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium sp. F (aff. argentifolium) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium traversii var. mckayi (Buchanan) Kirk (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Raoulia m'kayi Buchanan (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Raoulia mackayi Buchanan (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (8), Cheal_2017 (5), Jordan_2001 (7), Mokany_2015 (1), Morgan_2014 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Venn_2011 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (62), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 149 records in 18 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 (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 41.87 mm2 (20.35-62.83 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014; Venn_2011]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 9.75 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.62 mm (1.5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 39.81 g/m2 (39.81-39.81 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.4 g/g (0.4-0.4 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); oblanceolate (1); ovate (1); spathulate (2); triangular (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); sheathing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (2); prostrate (2); rhizomatous (1); rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2022; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (3); yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.01-0.04 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Morgan_2014; Venn_2011]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.99 mm (0.98-1 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.32 mm (0.3-0.34 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202162M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231215N. 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_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_202269L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ANBG_201958Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Cheal_201755D. 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.
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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
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.
Morgan_201433J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
Venn_201133S. E. Venn, K. Green, C. M. Pickering, and J. W. Morgan. “Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1491-1499. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9923-1.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201422B. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.