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Brachyloma daphnoides

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth. subsp. daphnoides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth. var. daphnoides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachyloma daphnoides subsp. glabrum (Blakely) J.T.Hunter (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyloma daphnoides subsp. pubescens J.T.Hunter (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyloma daphnoides var. glabrum Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lissanthe cunninghami DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lissanthe cunninghamii DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lissanthe daphnoides (Sm.) R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lissanthe stellata Knowles & Westc. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Styphelia daphnoides Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Burrows_2001 (20), Cheal_2017 (6), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (8), Collette_2021 (1), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (13), Hughes_1992 (4), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kubiak_2009 (6), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), McGlone_2015 (6), Meers_2007 (11), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (16), NHNSW_2023 (68), NSWFRD_2014 (19), Pickup_2021 (10), Purdie_1976 (3), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (13), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (72). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 333 records in 33 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); partial_resprouting (2); resprouts (11) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Purdie_1976]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (6); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Purdie_1976]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (6) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (4); green (4); yellow (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 26.61 mm2 (14-57.9 mm2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 8.19 mm (1.5-19 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.22 mm (1-5.5 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 5.59 mg (2.7-11 mg) [sources: Burrows_2001; Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.09-0.12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 188.83 g/m2 (136-227.27 g/m2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (6); lanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (5); orbicular (4); ovate (7); rhomboidal (1) [sources: Burrows_2001; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (6) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (19); tree (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: Cheal_2017; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ericoid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Schmidt_1993]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (5) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (6); myrmecochory (3); undefined (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Hughes_1992; Kew_2019_5; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (4); vertebrates (3) [sources: Draper_2023; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (4); nnnnnnnyyyyy (3); nnnnnyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): morphophysiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (6) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (6) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.33 mg (2.86-21.9 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; RBGK_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.11 mm (3.11-3.11 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201872M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231368N. 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/.
Burrows_2001520G. E. Burrows. “Comparative anatomy of the photosynthetic organs of 39 xeromorphic species from subhumid New South Wales, Australia”. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162 (2001), pp. 411-430. doi: 10.1086/319579.
NSWFRD_20141219B. 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.
NHNSW_2022416N. 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/.
Fonseca_2000513C. 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.
SAH_2023913S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
RBGV_2023911VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Clarke_201538P. 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.
Leishman_199577M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Cheal_201766D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Kubiak_200946P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Clarke_200923P. 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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Purdie_197633R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.