Calothamnus planifolius
Explore the data for this taxon in the portal
Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Calothamnus planifolius Lehm.
Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calothamnus planifolia Lehm. (orthographic variant)
- Calothamnus planifolia f. angustifolia Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolia f. latifolia Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolia var. angustifolia Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolia var. latifolia Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolius f. angustifolius Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolius f. latifolius Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolius var. angustifolius Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)
- Calothamnus planifolius var. latifolius Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
- Melaleuca planifolia (Lehm.) Craven & R.D.Edwards (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Shedley_2007 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 31 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 (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Shedley_2007]
- fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 60 mo (60-60 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Shedley_2007]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.3-1.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows_2008_2 | 4 | 4 | N. 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_2020 | 4 | 4 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| Shedley_2007 | 4 | 4 | E. F. Shedley. Fire and Biodiversity Guidelines for the Avon Basin: Consultant Report to the Avon Catchment Council and the Department of Environment and Conservation, August 2007. Tech. rep. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, 2007. |
| 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. |
| Sweedman_2006 | 2 | 4 | L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |