AusTraits

Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Banksia integrifolia L.f. subsp. integrifolia

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Banksia glauca (R.Br.) Cav. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Banksia integrifolia L.f. var. integrifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Banksia integrifolia var. major R.Br. ex Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia integrifolia var. minor Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia integrifolia var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia olaefolia Cav. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia oleaefolia Dryand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia oleifolia Cav. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia spicata Gaertn. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW, NI (naturalised), Vic, Tas (presumed extinct)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Clarke_2015 (2), He_2011 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NSWFRD_2014 (10), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Williams_2011 (10), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 93 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 21.75 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.7 cm (0.4-1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): proteoid_root (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (2); yyyyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: He_2011]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (3); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.49 mg (11.49-11.49 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231520VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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.
NSWFRD_2014810B. 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.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_198133B. 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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
He_201133T. He, B. B. Lamont, and K. S. Downes. “Banksia born to burn”. New Phytologist 191.1 (2011), pp. 184-196. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03663.x.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Yang_202322S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
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.