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Atkinsonia ligustrina

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Family Loranthaceae

Taxonomy: Atkinsonia ligustrina (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Gaiadendron ligustrinum (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Engl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Loranthus atkinsonae Benth. ex Oliv. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Loranthus atkinsoniae Barlow (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Nuytsia ligustrina A.Cunn. ex Lindl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (14), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 84 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); drupe (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 38.75 mm (20-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (6-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • parasitic (categorical): parasitic (1); root_parasitic (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 223.82 mg (223.82-223.82 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (1-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20221818L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231214Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231114N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201478B. 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.
ABRS_202266Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202266N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Clarke_201511P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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.