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Daviesia brevifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia brevifolia Lindl.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Daviesia brevifolia Lindl. var. brevifolia (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Crisp_2017 (23), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Pate_1989 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 128 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 14 mm (9-15 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.58 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: Crisp_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (3); phyllode (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: Crisp_2017; McGlone_2015; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (2); undefined (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (2); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20.21 mg (16.67-23.75 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.35 mm (2.9-4.2 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.42 mm (1.7-3 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); reniform (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Crisp_20171623M. D. Crisp, L. Cayzer, G. T. Chandler, and L. G. Cook. “A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)”. Phytotaxa 300 (2017), pp. 1-308. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231516S. 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/.
NSWFRD_20141212B. 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.
RBGV_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201766D. 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.
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.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_201412J. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. 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.
Pate_198911J. S. Pate, J. Kuo, K. W. Dixon, and M. D. Crisp. “Anomalous secondary thickening in roots of Daviesia (Fabaceae) and its taxonomic significance”. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 99.2 (1989), pp. 175-193. ISSN: 0024-4074. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1989.tb00397.x.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.