Calothamnus quadrifidus subsp. quadrifidus
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br. subsp. quadrifidus
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br. f. quadrifidus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br. var. quadrifidus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Melaleuca quadrifida (R.Br.) Craven & R.D.Edwards subsp. quadrifida (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Detombeur_2021 (45), Laliberte_2012 (11), Tsakalos_2020 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 75 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 343.18 mm2 (259.02-500.65 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 314.6 g/m2 (261.24-413.46 g/m2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
- leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.42 g/g (0.39-0.43 g/g) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.17 mg/g (0.3-3.58 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detombeur_2021 | 9 | 45 | F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713. |
| Tsakalos_2020 | 15 | 16 | J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787. |
| Laliberte_2012 | 5 | 11 | E. Laliberte, B. L. Turner, T. Costes, S. J. Pearse, K. Wyrwoll, G. Zemunik, and H. Lambers. “Experimental assessment of nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence in the south-western Australia biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 100 (2012), pp. 631-642. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01962.x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |