Callitris oblonga

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Family Cupressaceae

Taxonomy: Callitris oblonga Rich. & A.Rich.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Callitris fruticosa F.Muell. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Callitris fruticosa Rich. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Callitris gunnii Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela fruticosa Endl. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Frenela gunii Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela gunnii (Hook.f.) Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela gunnii (Hook.f.) Endl. var. gunnii (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela macrostachya Knight & Perry ex Gordon (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela variabilis Carrière (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic (naturalised), Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (7), Collette_2021 (1), Kew_2019_1 (29), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (7), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (10), RBGV_2022 (1), RBGV_2023 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 82 records in 14 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) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 3.17 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
leaf_type (categorical): scale (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Kew_2019_5; NSWFRD_2014]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.51 mg (2.3-6.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4.67 m (4-5 m) [sources: ABRS_1981; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Kew_2019_1	1	29	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NSWFRD_2014	9	10	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.
ABRS_1981	5	7	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Kew_2019_6	1	7	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2023	6	7	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/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. 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.
RBGV_2023	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. 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_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_2022	1	1	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.