AusTraits

Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy: Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla (E.M.Benn.) L.W.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bursaria lasiophylla E.M.Benn. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bursaria lasiophylla E.M.Benn. var. lasiophylla (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bursaria lasiophylla var. albicoma E.M.Benn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bursaria lasiophylla var. atriplicina E.M.Benn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bursaria lasiophylla var. parvifolia E.M.Benn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bursaria longisepala var. pilosa E.M.Benn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bursaria spinosa var. ? (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bursaria spinosa var. luxurians Ewart, B.Rees & B.Wood (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bursaria spinosa var. luzurians Ewart, B.Rees & B.Wood (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (25), ANBG_2019 (8), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (22), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (140). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 254 records in 18 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 (11) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.25 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 22.7 mm (4-35 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (2-12 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.12 cm (0.1-0.15 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (1); narrowly_obovate (2); widely_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (13); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): water (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (4); yynnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnnnyy (2); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (7) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2); none (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.33 mg (1.1-1.78 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); reniform (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_202020140M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231925Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231622VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231113S. 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/.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
ANBG_201928Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
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.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Cheal_201733D. 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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.