AusTraits

Correa reflexa var. reflexa

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Correa reflexa (Labill.) Vent. var. reflexa

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Correa cordifolia Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Correa virens Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Correa x rubra var. virens Jarman (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Caldwell_2016 (30), Cheal_2017 (3), Clarke_2015 (1), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (15), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 145 records in 18 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 876.82 mm2 (557.7-1161.3 mm2) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 29.9 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.38 mm (5-37 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 63.78 mg (46.9-88.9 mg) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.22 cm (0.1-0.4 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 73.5 g/m2 (64.08-84.1 g/m2) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.53 g/g (1.24-2.09 g/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (2); oblong (1); ovate (2); widely_ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (3); rounded (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); dense (1); erect (2); open (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyynnnnn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1); nnyyyyyyyynn (1); yyyyynnyyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Caldwell_2016630E. Caldwell, J. Read, and G. D. Sanson. “Which leaf mechanical traits correlate with insect herbivory among feeding guilds?”. Annals of Botany 117 (2015), pp. 349-361. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcv178.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231315VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231215S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231014N. 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/.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
ABRS_202389Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_201466B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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/.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cheal_201733D. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. 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.
Clarke_201511P. 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.
Mesaglio_202211T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.