Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh (R.O.Makinson 1228)

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Family Araliaceae

Taxonomy: Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh (R.O.Makinson 1228) NSW Herbarium

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Astrotricha sp. 'Wallagaraugh' (taxonomic synonym)
Astrotricha sp. 5 (taxonomic synonym)
Astrotricha sp. B (taxonomic synonym)
Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh River (N.G.Walsh 3149) Vic. Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2024 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 67 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.95 mm (2.8-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1); schizocarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 33.33 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.83 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.15 cm (0.1-0.2 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (3); recurved (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.95 m (0.8-1 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	12	18	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024	10	14	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.