Calothamnus scabridus
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Calothamnus scabridus A.S.George
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calothamnus sp. Mt Lindesay (A.R.Annels et al. 4539) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Calothamnus sp. Mt Lindesay (B.G.Hammersley 439) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Melaleuca scabrida (A.S.George) Craven & R.D.Edwards (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (15), Collette_2021 (1), RBGK_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 39 records in 9 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): partial_resprouting (2) [sources: Barrett_2009]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Barrett_2009]
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]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: Barrett_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); open (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Barrett_2009]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2) [sources: Barrett_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.12 mg (0.12-0.12 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett_2009 | 7 | 15 | S. 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. |
| Wheeler_2002 | 8 | 10 | J. 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. |
| 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. |
| 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/. |
| 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. |
| RBGK_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://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. |