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Baeckea utilis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Baeckea utilis F.Muell. ex Miq.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Baeckea utilis F.Muell. ex Miq. var. utilis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (6), Bean_1997 (9), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), Kew_2019_1 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 160 records in 19 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): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 7.4 mm2 (7.4-7.4 mm2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.18 mm (3.4-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Bean_1997; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.9 mm (0.9-6 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Bean_1997; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 127.03 g/m2 (127.03-127.03 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.41 g/g (0.41-0.41 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblanceolate (2); ovate (1) [sources: Bean_1997; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (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): shrub (10) [sources: Bean_1997; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Bean_1997; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • 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 (2); yyynnnnnnnny (4) [sources: Bean_1997; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.06 mg (0.06-0.07 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.84 mm (0.84-0.84 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.27 mm (1.27-1.27 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2); sectoroid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231519N. 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_20231316VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Bean_199779A. Bean. “A revision of Baeckea (Myrtaceae) in eastern Australia, Malesia and south-east Asia”. Telopea 7 (1997), pp. 245-268. doi: 10.1.1.520.6315.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
ANBG_201956Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Cheal_201766D. 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.
McGlone_201566M. 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.
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.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.