Banksia spinulosa var. collina

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Banksia spinulosa var. collina (R.Br.) A.S.George

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Banksia collina R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Banksia guentheri Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Sirmuellera collina (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (1), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2018 (20), He_2011 (4), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Leishman_2007 (3), Morgan_2005 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Yang_2023 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 115 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 198.05 mm2 (128.82-239 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Morgan_2005]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.9 mm (1-4.3 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 32.55 mg (24.44-37 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 178.14 g/m2 (123.72-266.96 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Leishman_2007; Morgan_2005]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_obovate (1); strap-shaped (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: 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 (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Clarke_2009; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyynnnnn (2); nnnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1); serotinous (4) [sources: He_2011; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; He_2011; NHNSW_2023; NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2009; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.7 mg/g (7.21-12.2 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018; Leishman_2007]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.43 mg/g (0.23-0.64 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018; Leishman_2007]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 12.96 mg (10.9-15.02 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.73 mg/mm3 (0.73-0.73 mg/mm3) [sources: Morgan_2005]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Gallagher_2018	5	20	R. Gallagher, A. Phillips, B. Laugier-Kitchener, C. Laws, D. Lanceman, D. M. Londono, E. McFarlane, J. Foster, K. Marais, L. Pollitt, L. Kovac, M. Lambert, S. Amini, T. Boreham, T. Pyne, H. McPherson, M. Rossetto, M. van der Merwe, I. Wright, and and Matthew Alfonzetti. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Macquarie University”. 2018.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	13	14	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	10	10	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.
ABRS_2023	9	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Morgan_2005	5	5	H. Morgan. “Root system architecture, water use and rainfall responses of perennial species”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005.
Yang_2023	3	5	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
He_2011	4	4	T. 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.
ABRS_1981	3	3	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/.
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.
Clarke_2009	3	3	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_2007	3	3	M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_2015	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.