Banksia armata var. ignicida

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Banksia armata var. ignicida (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dryandra armata var. ignicida A.S.George (basionym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (11), Barrett_2009 (16), Kew_2019_1 (1), Read_2005 (36), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 79 records in 10 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 (4) [sources: Barrett_2009]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Barrett_2009]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 338.34 mm2 (251.2-381.1 mm2) [sources: Read_2005]
leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (60-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 340.33 g/m2 (306.75-364.96 g/m2) [sources: Read_2005]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Read_2005]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (3); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 5.46 mg/g (3.85-6.95 mg/g) [sources: Read_2005]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.21 mg/g (0.15-0.28 mg/g) [sources: Read_2005]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 120.13 mg (120.13-120.13 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.38 m (1-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Read_2005	8	36	J. Read, G. D. Sanson, and B. B. Lamont. “Leaf mechanical properties in sclerophyll woodland and shrubland on contrasting soils”. Plant and Soil 276 (2005), pp. 95-113. doi: 10.1007/s11104-005-3343-8.
Barrett_2009	4	16	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.
ABRS_2023	8	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
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/.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. 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/.
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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.