AusTraits

Banksia nutans var. nutans

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Banksia nutans R.Br. var. nutans

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), ANBG_2019 (1), Barrett_2009 (8), He_2011 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 42 records in 11 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 26.5 mm (15-38 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [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]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; Yang_2023]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (2) [sources: He_2011; Yang_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: He_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 25.96 mg (25.96-25.96 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.3-1.3 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023912Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Barrett_200968S. 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.
Yang_202344S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.