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Callistachys lanceolata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Callistachys lanceolata Vent.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Callistachys lancifolia F.Cels (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Chorizema callistachys F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chorozema callistachys F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oxylobium callistachys Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oxylobium lanceolatum (Vent.) Daveau (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oxylobium lanceolatum (Vent.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oxylobium lanceolatum (Vent.) Ostenf. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pultenaea lanceolata (Vent.) Dum.Cours. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pultenaea lanciolata Dum.Cours. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Barrett_2009 (4), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Schmidt_1993 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (24). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 91 records in 17 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (2) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (40-170 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15.75 mm (4-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.5-0.5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1); whorled (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; RBGV_2022; Schmidt_1993; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 2 a (2-2 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.98 mg (2.64-3.31 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 6.08 m (1.5-8 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222224L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Burrows_2008_255N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202055N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Barrett_200944S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Schmidt_199322S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.