AusTraits

Billardiera fusiformis

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Family Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy: Billardiera fusiformis Labill.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Billardiera elongata Schnizl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Billardiera hambruchiana Seem. & J.A.Schmidt (taxonomic synonym)
  • Billardiera salicifolia A.Cels (taxonomic synonym)
  • Labillardiera fusiformis (Labill.) Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pronaya lanceolata Turcz. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya fusiformis (Labill.) Briq. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sollya fusiformis (Labill.) Ostenf. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sollya fusiformis Payer (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya heterophylla var. angustifolia Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya heterophylla var. linearis (Lindl.) Pax (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya heterophylla var. linearis Otto (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya heterophylla var. salicifolia (F.Cels) Ser. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya linearis Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sollya salicifolia Marnock (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), ANBG_2019 (1), Collette_2021 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (17), Standish_2019 (7), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (19), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 90 records in 16 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); green (1); purple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 36.25 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7.75 mm (2-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1); hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (1); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): morphophysiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.26 mg (2.25-2.28 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Standish_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Tsakalos_20201819J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_20231317VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231316Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Standish_201977R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
NHNSW_202366N. 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/.
Wright_200055I. 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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Collette_202111J. 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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2022_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.