Daviesia devito

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia devito Crisp & L.G.Cook

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Daviesia benthamii subsp. humilis Crisp (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Daviesia genistifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Crisp_2017 (21), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 102 records in 12 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 (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.12 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.92 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.38 mm (1-1.8 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (4) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_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); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (2); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (2); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.8 mm (2.8-2.8 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.76 m (0.3-1 m) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Crisp_2017	16	21	M. 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_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	9	14	N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014	8	8	B. 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.
SAH_2023	5	7	S. 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_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. 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/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.