AusTraits

Cheiranthera linearis

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Family Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy: Cheiranthera linearis A.Cunn. ex Lindl.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cheiranthera cyanea Brongn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cheiranthera cyanea Brongn. var. cyanea (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), ANBG_2019 (11), Cheal_2017 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Du_2018 (13), Du_2019 (20), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2008 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 181 records in 21 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 19.67 mm (12-26 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 40.38 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.19 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mg (0.06-0.16 mm2/mg) [sources: Du_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Mokany_2008; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Mokany_2008; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (2); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2); yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.28 mg (2.4-4.18 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.48 mm (0.97-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.11-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20232023Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Du_2019420P. Du, S. K. Arndt, and C. Farrell. “Can the turgor loss point be used to assess drought response to select plants for green roofs in hot and dry climates?”. Plant and Soil 441.1-2 (2019), pp. 399-408. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-04133-7.
RBGV_20231619VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231417N. 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/.
Du_2018313P. Du, S. K. Arndt, and C. Farrell. “Relationships between plant drought response, traits, and climate of origin for green roof plant selection”. Ecological Applications 28.7 (2018), pp. 1752-1761. doi: 10.1002/eap.1782.
ANBG_2019611Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_201566M. 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.
Mokany_200866K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_200644A. 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.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Cheal_201722D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.