Conostylis candicans subsp. calcicola

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Family Haemodoraceae

Taxonomy: Conostylis candicans subsp. calcicola Hopper

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Conostylis dealbata var. sarmentosa Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
Conostylis propinqua Endl. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Detombeur_2021 (126), Hayes_2014 (692), Kew_2019_1 (1), Laliberte_2012 (72), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (6), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 941 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): resprouts (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2576.93 mm2 (1629.71-3612.03 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (0.7-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 92.67 g/m2 (67.43-132.17 g/m2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.19-0.35 g/g) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2023_1]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Laliberte_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Hayes_2014]
root_structure (categorical): sand-binding (2) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Yang_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.98 mg/g (0.77-14.8 mg/g) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.4 mg/g (0.23-0.85 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Hayes_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.13 {delta}[ppth] (-29.46--27.17 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Laliberte_2012]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.31 mg (8.31-8.31 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.22 m (0.05-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Hayes_2014	26	692	P. Hayes, B. L. Turner, H. Lambers, and E. Laliberte. “Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence”. Journal of Ecology 102.2 (2013), pp. 396-410. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12196.
Detombeur_2021	9	126	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.
Laliberte_2012	9	72	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.
Tsakalos_2020	17	18	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.
ABRS_2023	6	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2023_1	4	6	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Yang_2023	3	3	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
ABRS_1981	2	2	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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.