Banksia spinulosa var. spinulosa

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Banksia spinulosa Sm. var. spinulosa

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Banksia denticulata Dum.Cours. (taxonomic synonym)
Banksia incognita Anon. (taxonomic 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), ANBG_2019 (1), Clarke_2015 (3), Gallagher_2018 (20), He_2011 (4), NSWFRD_2014 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 84 records in 12 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 (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Yang_2023]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 36 mo (36-36 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

fruit morphology

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

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 120.47 mm2 (92.79-144.55 mm2) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 24.82 mg (18.21-29.92 mg) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 205.56 g/m2 (192.01-212.35 g/m2) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): strap-shaped (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_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); nnnyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
serotiny (categorical): serotinous (3) [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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; He_2011; NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 6.31 mg/g (6.31-6.31 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.23 mg/g (0.23-0.23 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 16.14 mg (16.14-16.14 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

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.
NSWFRD_2014	14	16	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.
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_2015	3	3	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.
Yang_2023	3	3	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.