Callistemon pachyphyllus

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Callistemon pachyphyllus Cheel

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Callistemon heliogiton Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon pachyphyllus Cheel var. pachyphyllus (nomenclatural synonym)
Callistemon pachyphyllus var. angustifolius Cheel (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon pachyphyllus var. rubrolilacinus Cheel (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon pachyphyllus var. viridis Cheel (taxonomic synonym)
Melaleuca pachyphylla (Cheel) Craven (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Schmidt_1997 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 63 records in 11 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): resprouts (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Schmidt_1997]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 456.99 mm2 (351.25-691.69 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
leaf_length (numerical): 67.5 mm (45-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (3-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 169.43 g/m2 (147.3-196.75 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Schmidt_1997; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.1 mg/g (11.1-11.1 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.56 {delta}[ppth] (-28.94--28.05 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_1997]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.04 mg (0.04-0.04 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.52 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.54 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
McCarthy_2017	3	15	J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Schmidt_1997	11	13	S. Schmidt and G. Stewart. “Waterlogging and fire impacts on nitrogen availability and utilization in a subtropical wet heathland (wallum)”. Plant, Cell and Environment 20.10 (1997), pp. 1231-1241. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-20.x.
NHNSW_2023	10	12	N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014	5	5	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.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Wright_2000	4	4	I. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.