Banksia paludosa

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Banksia paludosa R.Br.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Banksia integrifolia var. paludosa (R.Br.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (25), ANBG_2019 (9), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Jordan_2020 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Ooi_2007 (23), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (5), Yang_2023 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 151 records in 20 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (9-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 18.75 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0.5-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (2); narrowly_obovate (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyynnnnn (2); nnnyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
serotiny (categorical): serotinous (2) [sources: Yang_2023]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (2) [sources: Collette_2021; Ooi_2007]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 15.8 mg (10.91-42.09 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Ooi_2007]
seed_length (numerical): 12.62 mm (9.74-18 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 3.85 mm (3-4.2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_1981]
seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1); ovoid (1); sectoroid (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.67 m (1.5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	18	25	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Ooi_2007	2	23	M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	14	19	N. 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_2014	9	11	B. 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_2019	6	9	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Yang_2023	3	6	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Jordan_2020	5	5	G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
Wright_2000	5	5	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
ABRS_1981	3	4	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/.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, 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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. 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_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Schmidt_1993	1	1	S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.